How Paul Ryan Convinced Washington Of His Genius: The New Republic

How Ryan Charmed Washington
U.S. Congressman Paul Ryan, the Republican nominee for vice president, speaks during a Romney-Ryan "Victory Rally" at the Rockingham County Fairgrounds Friday afternoon, Sept. 14, 2012 in Harrisonburg, Va. (AP Photo/The Daily News-Record, Nikki Fox)
U.S. Congressman Paul Ryan, the Republican nominee for vice president, speaks during a Romney-Ryan "Victory Rally" at the Rockingham County Fairgrounds Friday afternoon, Sept. 14, 2012 in Harrisonburg, Va. (AP Photo/The Daily News-Record, Nikki Fox)

THE TALL, GOOD-LOOKING young man from Wisconsin sure was likable and energetic, but in the early 1990s, no one in Washington expected Paul Ryan to become the intellectual tribune of his party.

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