If it would left up to me, I would have Ryan as Speaker of the House. But it isn't. I apologize for my snarky comment, what I said about Lieberman was out of frustration. I think Ryan would be excellent since he is a conservative (100 from NRLC; 91 lifetime from ACU: A from NRA; 75 from Heritage) with 14 years in the House and he technically proficient. We need people with not only the right ideas but to be competent.
Let's put it this way, he deserves to be Vice-President, his Presidency would be something I would look forward to in 2020 and he was one I hoped would have run for President before the primaries had begun. As I said, I would have mixed feelings but certainly not upset if he were chosen.
It's a shame we have people like John Boehner in the House that makes it so we hope the good guys don't move up or move on to better places.
You are right, we should not be hoping guys like Paul Ryan stay where they are because we have to counter balance the liberals from our own side in the House.
"Repeal John Boehner as Speaker of the House" needs to be a required campaign promise of any Conservative running for Congress in 2012.