Posted on 08/14/2012 11:05:06 AM PDT by Lou Budvis
Republican Kevin McCarthy of California, the House majority whip, first met Paul Ryan more than a decade ago, when McCarthy was a staffer for congressman Bill Thomas, the former chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee. Even then, McCarthy recalls, he was impressed with Ryans grasp of complicated fiscal issues. Ryan was only in his early 30s, and he looked even younger, but he had the knowledge of a senior member and none of the usual swagger.
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He has been a teacher to so many others, McCarthy says. During the listening sessions, he sketched out how the entire federal government works, pointing out where and why there are some real challenges. Ryans talent, he says, isnt so much lecturing but channeling the broad desire for reform into a discussion of budget details. He would get into how far people want to go with the budget, McCarthy says. A lot of people didnt realize about how much our fiscal house was in disorder, about how bad things have gotten.
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