House Freedom Caucus & Paul Ryan for Speaker: Daniel it is a coronation, and not a political race: King Ryan: Kiss My Ring Catch up with Episode 004 of the Podcast Other thoughts: Glenn Beck Unloads Club for Growth and Koch nurtured Freedom Caucus Criminal Justice Reform… or criminal political maneuvering? Daniel wrote a lot about it this week: Separating Myth From Fact on Criminal Justice “Reform” 6 Things You Should Know About the Senate’s Criminal Justice Bill Senate GOP Pushing Obama's Get Out of Jail Free Policy An older piece that explains The Missing Component of Criminal Justice “Reform” Ed Meese’s article: We need thoughtful, not expedient, criminal justice reform (The Hill) The problem to all of this is if Ryan is like Boehner it will just be more of the same: GOP Pushes Obama’s Agenda, Obama’s Popularity Spikes.