democrats are licking their chops and gnashing their teeth. the new ticket kicked off a four-day bus tour this morning. it will include several stops in virginia today, north carolina, and ryan s home state of wisconsin sunday. they ll come here to florida on monday and head to the swing state of ohio tuesday. ryan was first elected to congress in 1998. he s in his 7th term now. the 42-year-old native of jaynesville, wisconsin, is the chairman of the house budget committee. he s married and the father of three children. he doesn t have an apartment in washington, d.c he sleeps on a cot in his capitol hill office and spends most weekends back in wisconsin. he s known for his love of exercise and sports and, of course, economics. ryan has been in the spotlight since introducing his controversial budget plan last march, a plan that drew derision from democrats and skepticism from some republicans at first. but overwhelmingly passed the house and now wide israeli being