So says Ben Domenech regarding Paul Ryan after seeing the video embedded below:

Makes sense.  Very good guy, but didn’t seem to have his heart in it.

Via ABC:

After much speculation and some pressure from fellow Republicans, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin and the House Budget Committee Chairman, says he is NOT running for President.

“I sincerely appreciate the support from those eager to chart a brighter...

New reports have surfaced (h/t CharlieSykes) that Paul Ryan is reconsidering his prior decision not to run for President:

As Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan comes to a final decision about running for president, several top national conservatives are encouraging him to join the race. Ryan, who has been seriously but quietly considering a...

Don’t spy on the labels on wine bottles ordered by people at tables near you, because it’s none of your business.

Don’t then look up the price on the wine list, because it’s none...

Specifically, tell me about Paul Ryan as a presidential candidate, now that there are murmurings that he may jump in.

Why not?  Republicans are going to have to defend the Ryan plan, who better to do it than Ryan. 

Someone who conveys a seriousness about policy without being a Washington, D.C. insider, who would...

That’s the phrase that jumped out at me from Paul Ryan’s op-ed in The Wall Street Journal setting forth the Republican proposal to reform the system of entitlements which is driving us off a debt cliff (emphasis mine):

No one person or party is responsible for the looming crisis. Yet the facts...

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The people have spoken, and there will be no Live Event for Obama’s State of the Union address.

Instead, we will have a Live Event for Paul Ryan’s historic address to the nation on Tuesday night, starting at approximately 10 p.m. E.S.T.

But since we don’t know precisely when Congressman Ryan...

Bill Kristol has floated the idea of a Paul Ryan – Marco Rubio ticket in 2012:

Having just returned from the e21 and Manhattan Institute-sponsored Conversation with Paul Ryan (very ably conducted by Paul Gigot)–and having seen Marco Rubio speak recently as well, I’ll just say this: Wouldn’t it be easier just...

Via Public Secrets:

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But, could we have held the tax rates steady without the Christmas Tree ornaments hung onto the bill?

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