Paul Ryan has been officially nominated but Daniel Webster got a lot of votes today, which means Paul Ryan may not get the 218 needed tomorrow in the actual vote:
ROLL CALL – Republicans nominated Rep. Paul D. Ryan, R-Wis., for speaker Wednesday, all but ensuring he is selected to succeed John A. Boehner in Thursday’s vote on the House floor.
Ryan was backed by the vast majority of the conference in the secret ballot election, receiving 200 votes, according to an official readout of the results. Forty-three members voted for Rep. Daniel Webster, a Florida Republican whose supporters think Ryan is too enmeshed in the establishment, while Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., and Rep. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., each received a single vote.
I’m sure there will be a lot of closed-door meetings before the vote tomorrow to ensure Ryan gets the 218 votes needed. Tomorrow should be an interesting day.