Politics

Why Paul Ryan’s Star Dimmed

THE HAS-BEEN

Once celebrated as the GOP’s next big thing, the Wisconsin congressman has lost the respect of the media and is taking fire from his own side. By Howard Kurtz.

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Paul Ryan, introduced to the country last year as something of a boy wonder, is going through a rough patch.

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A new Rasmussen poll shows that Ryan’s approval rating has plunged to 35 percent, down from 50 percent last August, soon after he was tapped as

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