Paul Ryan Breaks Down Under Wonkterrogation -- Daily Intelligencer

Paul Ryan Crumbles Under Questioning
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 06: House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) questions Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf during a hearing on Capitol Hill June 6, 2012 in Washington, DC. The committee quizzed Elmendorf about the CBO's long-term budget outlook. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 06: House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) questions Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf during a hearing on Capitol Hill June 6, 2012 in Washington, DC. The committee quizzed Elmendorf about the CBO's long-term budget outlook. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Paul Ryan's great genius has not merely been that he has united conservative Republicans around a single vision -- several Republicans have done this before -- but that he has simultaneously persuaded moderates that he shares their beliefs as well.

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