Paul Ryan pick as Romney's VP nominee now grabs as much gusto as it can muster

By Roger Simon

Columnist

A thrill is going up my leg.

The hairs are standing up on the back of my neck.

My palms are sweaty; my eyes are glazed.

I am the Republican base. And Paul Ryan has come to save me.

He is everything we could have dreamed of and hoped for. He is — as the young people like to say — groovy.

Paul Ryan believes in the deserving rich. He believes that the Lord gave us two hands to grab everything we can with them.

Ayn Rand, the philosopher, was Paul Ryan's inspiration. “The reason I got involved in public service, by and large, if I had to credit one thinker, one person, it w...