as we look back now a couple weeks in to the paul ryan choice, what s the feeling? was it helpful? we know the numbers, there wasn t a huge bounce. long term, was he the right choice? the romney folks, many of whom as you know were against it, some tried to talk governor romney out of it, but they say if they win, paul ryan will be a part of it. he was part of energizing their candidate, gave him the reagan halo. the point we make in the piece is 19 years ago, paul ryan was getting coffee carrying books for bill bennett at empower america, working on the side, doing jobs as a trainer, at a gym, and as a waiter at tortilla coast. this is every intern, staff assistant s dream and he pursued it very purposefully. two years ago when he became the house budget committee chairman, his goal was to get the party s nominee in 2012 and at the time, it seemed like a far fetched goal to get the nominee to