But party officials are already plotting creative ways to compensate for Ryan’s demand for family time. Boehner held a lot of fundraisers on the golf course. Ryan isn’t a golfer. So instead of a five-hour event playing golf, allies say, Ryan can hold two events in the same time and can bring in five times as much money by attracting many more donors. Associates also say he is unusually efficient with his time, even tending to donors on drives between events.
As Ryan nears the speakership, his political operation is beginning to take shape.
As Ways and Means chairman, Ryan had dual agreements with the NRCC and Republican National Committee, whereby he gave each greoup a day or two during congressional recesses in which they could send him around the country for events. Ryan has told the RNC that he will no longer do regular events for it, and instead will focus solely on the NRCC.
During a private meeting during which he announced his candidacy, Ryan also told the House Republican Conference that he would focus solely on raising money for the NRCC.