I’ve always liked Paul Ryan and I still do. Way before he was Speaker of the House, he was one of the House’s leading thinkers on how to deal with federal spending and taxation so we could seriously address debt and the growth of government.
It’s hard to believe now, with all the disenchantment conservatives feel over the failures of the Republican House majority (though the Republican Senate has been far worse), but at one time conservatives were very excited by the prospect of Paul Ryan on the 2012 presidential ticket.
