House Republicans Wooing Paul Ryan Didn’t Expect This

Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Ryan is still not running for speaker of the U.S. House of the Representatives, MSNBC reported on Friday, citing a spokesman for the Wisconsin Republican.

Ryan, the party’s 2012 vice presidential nominee, is under pressure from fellow conservatives to seek the chamber’s top leadership post despite issuing a statement on Thursday ruling out his candidacy to replace retiring House Speaker John Boehner.

Other Republican members of Congress have said Ryan is considering the job. {eoa}