I think of him as a liberal.
Ryan was not hired to make Romney conservative, Romney was hired to make conservatives go along with Romney.
If Romney is elected then Ryan's job will be to get bipartision bills through the Republican house just as with that Debt limit bill last year that Ryan is NOW making believe that Obama passed it on his own and he opposed it, when he was all for it.
Ryan is a big government big spending conservative who apparently pleased the so-cons, up until now. That is why he is running away from the debt limit bill he praised last year and telling those over 55 that there is no limit to the money the gubment will give them. .
Paul Ryan is nothing but window dressing. If Romney wins, Paul Ryan will have as much influence on policy as the WH janitor. Mitt Romney invested all that time and money to make sure that Mitt Romney's ideas get enacted.