Twelve months ago, there wasn’t a bigger fan of Paul Ryan than me. Of all the potential 2012 candidates, he would have been my first pick. While I’ve always thought he did very well in interviews, I am not sure I like his campaign style. It just wasn’t natural. Since November, he’s pretty much been lockstep with the failed House leadership on everything, and it sounds like he’s horrible on immigration. He’s not as bad as Rubio (yet) on the issue, but he’s pretty close. He’s also become invisible on other big issue, and seems to be evolving into a Washington animal.
I met him along with Romney at the VP announcement rally in Norfolk last year... I too thought he was the real deal. I've since become rather jaded about them all... every single one of them seems to have that price at which they'll turn on any issue position.