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Ryan’s Latest Budget: Wrong Problem, Wrong Solution
Even though Rep. Paul Ryan's newest 10-year spending plan balances the budget, he still doesn't really care about the deficit.
Paul Ryan’s Rough Return
Paul Ryan’s in a bind. Even as he’s being touted as the great white hope for the GOP in 2016, he’s voluntarily strapped himself to the party’s fast-sinking...
Cliff Hanger
After 88 days as Mitt Romney's vice-presidential candidate, Paul Ryan is back in his natural habitat: the offices of the House Budget Committee on Capitol Hill...
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...
The Phenom
Mitt Romney's running mate was doing what he likes best: wonking out. "I'm kind of a powerpoint guy, so I hope you'll bear with me," Paul Ryan told about 2,000...
Irish Eyes Aren’t Really Smiling on Paul Ryan
Apparently vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan does not have the luck of the Irish when it comes to currying favor in his ancestral homeland.
Ryan’s Debut: Romney’s No. 2 Thrills and Kills 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...
The Ryan Budget: A Primer on What’s Now the Hottest Topic in 2012
To anyone who ever complained that politics wasn’t substantive, buckle up: the 2012 Presidential campaign just became a debate about that most substantive of all...
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...
Why Paul Ryan Isn’t Running for President
Everywhere he goes, whether it’s the Racine County Fair or Fox News, Paul Ryan inevitably gets asked the question: will he run for President? Generally, Ryan...
Biden vs. Ryan: What to Watch For in the Debate
Generally speaking, it takes a political junkie to get excited about a vice presidential debate. Sure, showdowns between running mates can be interesting, and...
The Paul Ryan Paradox: GOP ‘Ideas Man’ Playing Conventional Campaign Role
Watching Ryan's first two weeks as the GOP's vice-presidential nominee, you might get the sense that Mitt Romney picked him for his ice-fishing prowess and knack...
The Romney/Ryan Ticket Unveiled In Virginia
Norfolk, Virginia The jumbled knot of loyalists arrived early at the U.S.S. Wisconsin, toting signs and chanting slogans as they trudged toward the ship’s wooden...
Introducing the Inevitable Twitter Account Dedicated to Paul Ryan’s Bicep
Now that TIME has published photos of veep-hopeful Paul Ryan pumping iron (you’re welcome, by the way), everybody’s getting pretty pumped about the upcoming vice...
The Big Idea Guy
Paul Ryan may be America's most famous budget wonk. But he's more than a number cruncher. Ryan's budget math is drawn from the political and economic theories of...
Ryan's Hope
From the start, Mitt Romney's search for a running mate was a kind of ghost story, a process haunted by the specter of a certain former governor of Alaska. After...
A Brief Introduction to Janna Ryan, Potential Second Lady
Janna Christine Ryan, nee Little, planned to marry Rep. Paul Ryan on Dec. 2, 2000 in Oklahoma City—about two hours up Interstate 35 from her hometown of Madill...
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...
Ryan vs. Obama on Medicare: Why We Won’t Have an Actual Debate Over Where They Differ
In the brief period since Paul Ryan was chosen to be Mitt Romney’s running mate, health policy experts have been spending a lot of time explaining what Ryan’s...
