Tad Light.

Speaking of, that would be a GREAT nickname for an inept, in-over-his-head, Boy Speaker of the House...

Paul Ryan Continues to Push Agenda Alternative to Donald Trump

By JENNIFER STEINHAUER

The House may be a tad light on the legislative front these days, but on the message front, Mr. Ryan, the House speaker, is keeping busy.

Even the facts of the story back up the nickname...

The House may be a tad light on the legislative front these days, largely focusing on bills like those that target the Internal Revenue Service and that have no chance of being signed by President Obama. But on the message front, Speaker Paul D. Ryan is keeping busy.

 

Mr. Ryan, who plans to roll out a policy platform this spring, has already been trying to build a social media and youth movement around the House Republican agenda. This week, Mr. Ryan wil participate in a town-hall-style event at the Georgetown Institute of Politic and Public Service. In advance of that event, his office has rolled out its latest video holding up Mr. Ryan as a man with a plan, though the details of that plan, obliquely intended to distract from the presidential campaign of Donald J. Trump, are very much a work in progress.

 

While Mr. Ryan has repeatdly said that he has no intention of becoming his party’s nominee this year, he has been busy creating a personality and policy alternative to run alongside the presidential effort to provide both a platform for House Republicans to run on and a foundation to rebuild if Republicans fall apart in November.

 

Mr. Ryan is not a candidate. But his videos continue to make it seem as if he is running for something. 

I wonder if young Mr. Ryan is honestly oblivious to the fact that there's no there there, or he's just playing a role and hoping to get a style trophy?