With news of Ryan leaving congress this year, what will be the "new" vison, leader, and agenda of the Republican Party going forward?

For sure.....I mentioned that the Dems have a similar problem on the other end of the political spectrum. If you aren't close enough to the fringe, you don't make it past the primary.

The Dems defiantly are following suit with the mainstream HRC's, the Bernie group, and the Warren "far left" group. I wonder sometimes if the Bernie and Warren groups are only different in name not ideology. In the end, it's still the same two in charge (Pelosi and Schumer) both of which should cede the reins to someone younger, but won't.

An opinion question then; if you were in congress and in a leadership position of strong influence, what would be your five to ten year plan for the party, would you stick to traditional Republican ideals, Reaganism, make the party more moderate, or accept a far right ideology? In your party, would MAGA and Trumpism be made more of a reality, or would you drop everything and retool looking at the long run? What would you think is the way forward outside of what is already seen or done?

SSG Warren Swan - Far Right? What is that? Traditional Republican values? What are those? MAGA and Trumpism? No idea of what any other means. Leadership. That I understand. Pick a direction and move. Lead. Right now, all I see is Democrats fighting President Trump and Republicans fighting themselves. The only ones I seeing ready to lead are the Democrats and I don't want any parts of their destination. MAGA? Only We the People can do that and we can't do that while Washington is sucking the life out of us. The Democrats lifted the bureaucrats to power and now not even they can rein them in. Bureaucrats are governing by administrative regulations that they "legislate" and administer, and if there are any disputes, they adjudicate. In other words, they no hold all three branches of government - legistation, executive, and judicial - and they're not about to give them up without a fight.

Five Year Plan? How about a 5-minute drill: Congress start making laws that are sufficiently explicit and bureaucrats administer them as written. Close all administrative courts. Close redundant and unconstitutional agencies and bureaus. That would be a helluva good start...

CPT Jack Durish - I see what you mean, but when the candidate calls themselves a certain way or promotes a certain "Stance", it is what it is. Leadership is fundamental, but is not common. We have a lot of common folk in uncommon positions, who think they're the next "uncommon" leader while doing the same common and ignorant job as their predecessors.
I asked five year plan being nothing in congress moves at any kind of speed. So factor in elections, tastes of the populace at the time, or even forecast it, you could build a model based off metrics and see what the next "big thing" will be. Closing up what you said would be a drop in the bucket to fix problems, but at what cost? You save a dollar from one, you spend five in another. This is congress.
If you were able to actually do your second to last sentence, I'd move to CA and vote for you, and that's not even a joke. It's a hard choice politicians will always talk about, and every one will run from when it's showtime.

MCPO Roger Collins He has flirted with it and the republican establishment loves him. I think he's leaving now so that he's not involved in any massive controversies that may arise (politically not personally) in the final two years of trumps first term. He'll have enough distance and plausible deniability to appeal to moderates and I think a large number of Republican voters who didn't cast a vote for Trump, but rather a vote against Hillary would prefer to see him in office.

SSG Warren Swan I think the recent choices for president (Trump and hillary) have woken many people up to what happens when voters fall asleep at the wheel. I'm almost 100% positive moderates would appreciate Ryan more than Trump if for no other reason than normalcy. Hardline republicans are going to be the deciding factor IMO.

SPC David Willis - Ryan would be more appealing, but you're ineffective as a Speaker when the party turns on you. Boehner found that out the hard way. Both parties are cutthroat asses, but it seems once you make it to the top, everybody is suddenly better than you and more capable. McCarthy and Saliece (sp) are your leading candidates to take over, and correct me if I'm wrong, both are hardline republicans. Not much room for moderates in there. I'd wager McConnell will also fall, but who would take his place?

SFC Sczymanski James L. - IMO if Trump is ousted early, it'll be by his own doing more than the Dems taking over. Every administration has it's issues, but it seems this one goes above and beyond the call to make it as painful as possible. Pruitt is proof of this. Kelly is the lone adult in there, and even he can't get things to move in an orderly manner. With Mueller here, the dems possibly taking the House (possibly the Senate), impeachment becomes something more than watercooler talk. Trump has no success when it comes to backing candidates. If the establishment candidates are "bad" then from the track record of the "outsiders", we should ask for more Flakes, McCains, Ryans, and all those that are publicly despised due to their sitting in a chair doing nothing rather than the Moores who keep popping up. Reid retired years ago for office, and that man is STILL getting folks to kiss the ring to get votes in NV. This whole "outsider" moniker is going to be a nifty idea that will see itself go away much like the power the Tea Party lost with Pailin. You don't even see Cruz touting it anymore like he used to. This photo tells a lot about what's going on without words there. It'd be different if it was an isolated incident with Kelly, but there are too many of these floating around. Ego and power is something else. Some can handle it and make it work (rare), but most cannot (normal folks). Draining the swamp could be starting with 1600 Penn Ave.