By his own yardstick, Paul Ryan is over halfway there to getting the Republican nomination for president. When he fake non-ran for Speaker of House, he denied he was running or interested in the job 5 times before he finally accepted the will of the party and took the job.

As of mid April 2016, he has already denied running for president three times:

• Oct 30, 2015 to CNN
• March 16, 2016 to CNBC
• April 12, 2016 in a news conference

The convention is not until July, so there is plenty of time for two more Paul Ryan denials.