Paul Ryan

He’s again going after Medicaid, food assistance for the poor, and other domestic programs while promoting Medicare privatization.read more

He spins an ugly fiction about why he and Romney lost, and Obama shouldn’t let him push us off the fiscal cliff.read more

One elected official told a group of businesspeople: “My ears are open to all of you because you guys are the minds, I’m the tool.”read more

What if a President Romney dies? Then a President Ryan would do away with abortion rights all together. By Matthew Rothschildread more

Despite Paul Ryan's effort to depict his background in Janesville as similar to Biden's in Scranton, it is clear that the two men come from very different worlds. By Ruth Conniffread more

It was a powerful, commanding performance by Joe Biden, and a weak and weasley one by Paul Ryan. By Matthew Rothschildread more

Ryan fudges facts about the church he attends—and the priest who disapproves of his budget’s impact on the poor. By Jonathan Rosenblumread more

Romney’s VP pick, Congressman Paul Ryan, touts his small town Janesville, Wisconsin, roots on the campaign trail. But filmmaker Brad Lichtenstein brings us a far more complex portrait of this rust belt town. By Elizabeth DiNovellaread more

Yes, he’s running for reelection in Congress at the same time, and now he has a formidable opponent.
By Roger Bybeeread more

Mitt Romney’s choice of Paul Ryan as his running mate hit us here in Wisconsin especially hard. We’d barely had time to lick our wounds from the defeat that Scott Walker handed us in the recall when we had to contend with reactionary native son Ryan. You could almost hear the collective gasp coming from the mouths of a million Wisconsin progressives.read more

They weren't buying the slop that he was selling.read more