Well Ryan is a special case. He started out as a budget policy wonk who happened to be a physically attractive "young gun" back in the day. As such, he was touted early and often as a "rising conservative star," a "brilliant" guy, and a conservative darling (including here on FR). Then he became Romney's butt bo...er...running mate, and did a horrible job in his VP debate. We should have known right then and there the guy was a phony and empty suit.
Yet in the best Peter Principle tradition, he became speaker and promptly put all of his empty suitedness on full display. He might be pretty on the outside, but inside he is just another useless two-bit hypocritical pol.