Paul Ryan will not accept the GOP nomination for President just as he said he would not take the job of Speaker of the House. When Paul Ryan and John Kasich are considered moderate the GOP is indeed in trouble. Reminds me of a story.
It was March 31st 1967, well before the horrors of political assassinations and riots of 1968. I was watching a special feed in on TV and heard what may have been the most important statement in modern political history.
I will not seek, and I will not accept the nomination of my party nomination for another term as your President.” LBJ telling it like it is and giving us Republican Richard Nixon for 7 years before Republicans threw him out of the White House. Come next year it is possible that we could see history repeat itself once again. But much faster.