Getting 40 more tea party votes in the House is not having "just missed". It is missing by a wide margin.
The majority of Americans are not tea partiers, and do not agree with the economic conservatism of Paul Ryan. What that means is that, to the extent we want to move this country to the right, we have to use guile, and coalition building issue by issue. The same tools the left used to get us in this mess in the first place.
That is certainly not the preferred route, and contains its own potential pitfalls and missteps. But the sooner we recognize it is the only strategy that has a politically realistic chance of succeeding, the sooner we can get started.
I agree, but Ryan is exceptionally eloquent at explaining the problems facing us. He would be a worthy choice in my opinion.