A math problem here. the house freedom caucus has a rule that they vote as a bloc. if 80% of them all agree one way or the other. and that means that voting for the speaker of the house. if you have 247 republicans, you basically need 218 members of the house to become the speaker. you can only lose 30. you can see if there's 40 members, this is kind of an algebra occasion. if you only have 40 members of the freedom caucus and 80% of that. that math doesn't add up. it's generally thought there's a robust group of supporters for paul ryan, pretty muscular. one of the questions they need to get ...