Water is wet

It's not surprising that so many have piled on Paul Ryan for forgoing his "principles" in deciding to endorse Donald Trump--Trump is a terrible candidate and it's in Democrats' best interests to tie every single republican they can to the man who will not be king.  But what is surprising is the assumption that it was ever going to be any different.

Paul Ryan is all about Paul Ryan, and if he is to have any chance to be the republican nominee in 2024 (I figure he's smart enough not to challenge a sitting President, barring an unforeseen disaster), he has to have the republican base behind him and there's no way they would ever forget that he failed to endorse their chosen candidate.  Ever.

In short, it was an unprincipled move by an unprincipled politician--unless that principle is spelled P-A-U-L-R-Y-A-N.

Peace,
emaycee