on the eve of the wisconsin primaries , top republicans are becoming increasingly vocal about their long - held belief that speaker paul ryan will be the party ’s nominee .
ben white on the growing number of recession warnings -- at the same time , the trump victory in tuesday ’s primary in wisconsin — ryan ’s home state — would put the billionaire front - runner on course to clinching the republican nomination , while a ted cruz victory would make an open convention more likely .
neither republicans nor democrats have been willing to blink , and both sides appear to be growing increasingly dug in .
the shutdown is continuing ad infinitum .
politico reported this morning there are still “ top ” republican insiders talking up the idea of nominating house speaker paul ryan ( r - wis . )
” and yet , some in priebus ’ party ca n’t seem to let go of their dream .
” the republican leader twice said it ’s “ possible ” for a non - candidate to end up as the nominee , but priebus reiterated his belief that the republican ticket will be led by “ one of the three people [ currently ] running .
” pressed , nonetheless , on how he might respond if prevailed upon to come forward as the nominee who could heal a divided party , ryan , the vp candidate on mitt romney ’s 2012 ticket , was quick to stress that “ i ’ m the co - chair of the convention , so i ’ m perfectly neutral on this .
priebus described such as a scenario as an “ extreme hypothetical , ” which he considers “ highly unlikely .