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With or without Ryan, a convention savior unlikely for GOP

With Paul Ryan's "count me out" declaration Tuesday, the prospects of a white knight to emerge at the GOP convention dimmed considerably.
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) casts his shadow on a glass door as he arrives for a news conference following the weekly House Republican conference at the U.S. Capitol April 13, 2016 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty)
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) casts his shadow on a glass door as he arrives for a news conference following the weekly House Republican conference at the U.S. Capitol April 13, 2016 in Washington, DC.
By Marianna Sotomayor, Marianna Sotomayor and Leigh Ann Caldwell, Leigh Ann Caldwell

With House Speaker Paul Ryan's "count me out" declaration Tuesday, the prospects of a "savior" candidate to emerge at the GOP convention dimmed considerably. But if the long hard fight for delegates continues to point toward a possible open convention, the idea of finding a consensus nominee from outside the 2016 candidate pool won't disappear - neither will the massive hurdles for any such effort.