The blogosphere has done a nice job of exposing the lies and hypocrisies in Paul Ryan’s prime-time convention speech — not that it will have any effect on his unassailable reputation for courageous straight talk. I’ve already banged my spoon on this high chair before, but I do feel a special responsibility to recount the golden …
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A Different Paul Ryan Takes the Stage in Tampa
Paul Ryan took the national stage earlier this summer as Washington’s most famous wonk. The Wisconsin Congressman was known as a master of budget policy with grand ideas for restructuring entitlement programs and slashing …
What You Missed While Not Watching the Second Night of the Republican Convention
7 p.m. Beneath clusters of celebratory balloons, the second night of the Republican National Convention begins with a color guard of military amputees who are wearing shorts to show off their mechanical legs. It’s a …
Paul Ryan’s Night: A Numbers Man Makes an Emotional Debut
When he speaks to America tonight, Paul Ryan will need to use a second language. His native tongue — conservatism — won’t suffice. Mitt Romney’s young running mate is a product of the Republican right’s think tanks …
The Paul Ryan Paradox: GOP ‘Ideas Man’ Playing Conventional Campaign Role
BuzzFeed has aggregated footage of Paul Ryan on the campaign telling the same joke over and over, in nearly the same blue shirt:
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Paul Ryan and the Stimulus: A Match Designed to Make My Head Explode
My main obsession these days is President Obama’s misunderstood stimulus bill—why, yes, thanks for asking, The New New Deal did come out today—but I’m also fascinated by the partisan Republican budget-buster Paul Ryan and …
A Big Ideas Campaign, With Few Specifics On a Key Issue
Miami, Fla.
Since picking Paul Ryan as his running mate, Mitt Romney has pledged repeatedly to wage a campaign of ideas. But the specifics have so far been hard to come by.
What the Ryan Pick Means for Religion and the Romney Campaign
When Mitt Romney named Paul Ryan as his running made on Saturday, he clearly differentiated his fiscal policy from that of President Obama — but his choice of Ryan also said something important about how the candidate views the …
Understanding Ryan: How I Came to Know the Congressman I Now Call Paul
A few days before Mitt Romney called to ask Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan to serve as his running mate, Ryan took a call from me to talk about one of his biggest rivals for the job: Ohio Senator Rob Portman. The two are old friends—Ryan nicknamed Portman “Roberto”, and Portman calls Ryan “Pablo.” And while Ryan refused to talk about …
Romney and Ryan: Ride Along on the New Republican Ticket’s Honeymoon Tour
Waukesha, Wisc.
It might have been the moment Mitt Romney was envisioning when he launched his presidential campaign. In a grassy field near Milwaukee, several thousand supporters showed up to welcome Romney and his new …
A Brief Introduction to Janna Ryan, Potential Second Lady
Inside the VP Pick: How Romney Decided on Ryan – and Kept the Secret
Dulles, Va.
Mitt Romney’s choice of Paul Ryan as his running mate was the product of months of meticulous planning marked by locked rooms, deceptive flight patterns and surreptitious forays through the Wisconsin woods. …
Paul Ryan’s Life and Career in Photos
From Wisconsin to Washington, TIME looks back at the newly minted Republican vice presidential candidate’s years of public service.