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Everyone in washington knowing that tip o'neill was a lame duck and when he did not run for his district in 1986, the democrats easily held onto his seat and picked up five more seats in the election of 1986. paul ryan's career in congress is on its way to ending in a whimper, unless it ends in outright humiliation by a group of republicans who are reportedly plotting to throw paul ryan out of the speakership this summer. not even let him serve out the rest of his term in the speakership. by the time paul ryan publically announced he was not going to run for reelection for his seat in wisconsi...

Support for the poor. "new york times" opinion columnist paul krugman wrote, i called him a filmflam man back in 2010 and nothing he has done has called that into question. he was the beneficiary of ideological affirmative action. ouch. joining me now, democrat running for paul ryan's congressional seat, randy bryce. good morning to you. >> good morning, joy. always a pleasure to talk with you. >> same to you. it's a pretty harsh assessment. the media has been gaga over paul ryan over the years. they've seen him as this brilliant wonk when, in fact, he's pretty much been on the same track sinc...

Tumultuous midterm election, one where his seat could be in jeopardy, because randy bryce was definitely gaining ground, and lose and face a devastating loss or bow out gracefully, spin it and say, we passed these tax cuts, we got done what we said we wanted to get done, and i'm going out on top. i think he chose the la latter, because that's the easier path. >> do you think he's jumping ship before republicans come in? >> i think november is going to be very, very tough for the republicans. and i thought, symone, you thought i was going to defend speaker ryan. far from it? i think that he and...

Himself through a very tumultuous midterm election, one where his seat could be in jeopardy, because randy bryce was definitely gaining ground, and lose and face a devastating loss or bow out gracefully, spin it and say, we passed these tax cuts, we got done what we said we wanted to get done, and i'm going out on top. i think he chose the la latter, because that's the easier path. >> do you think he's jumping ship before republicans come in? >> i think november is going to be very, very tough for the republicans. and i thought, symone, you thought i was going to defend speaker ryan. far from ...

Ryan, there were some people that stood up and said look, this is kind of an impossible thing. why are you even trying to do this. come today, a few months coming on that we have been able to put together an amazing coalition of people. we've been able to be put together some solid fund-raising corridors and today waking up and i have to say too that the weather today was finally warming up. it was a spring-like day after suffering through quite a few cold snaps. i don't think that's a coincidence. but just today finding out that half that goal is done that paul ryan has called it quits. we we...