Paul Ryan

[CLARENCE 2015!]

How is this man seen as a future President/Speaker/etc... The top leaders always have a certain gravitas about them. Paul Ryan looks and sounds like a 19 year old. Seriously- the boy needs to gain some weight to look the part... he doesnt have to be a fatass like Gingrich but at least he shouldnt look like if I gave him a high-5 his arm would snap in two. Has anyone else thought this?

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

He could be a Speaker. Speakers don't need gravitas or charisma in quite the same way that Presidents do. Look at Hastert or Boehner. Or, from what I've heard of his era, Foley.

I agree with you that he's not Presidential material, for this and other reasons. He occasionally comes across as whiny, though not as badly as Eric Cantor.

[RogueBeaver]

He's lean, muscular, athletic, over 6 feet tall. I don't see a gravitas deficit in either appearance or speech.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

He's lean, muscular, athletic, over 6 feet tall. I don't see a gravitas deficit in either appearance or speech.

I've often thought that he looks smaller than he is on camera, for some reason.

[Torie]

Yes, he is a bit immature at the moment. I agree with that. But he has a lot of potential.  He is a serious man.

[TJ in Oregon]

You think Ryan looks young?

This is Josh Mandel, the Republican candidate for the US Senate seat in Ohio held by Sherrod Brown:

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Nobody ever said that Josh Mandel doesn't look like my younger cousin Kenny.

[CLARENCE 2015!]

You think Ryan looks young?

This is Josh Mandel, the Republican candidate for the US Senate seat in Ohio held by Sherrod Brown:

I saw a story about the kid... he is a Marine so  far more impressive then Ryan

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Incidentally, Kenny's applying to the US Naval Academy. He's got the grades for it and he's a basketball player.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

Once he gets ideas of going beyond his current position, he might want to consider pulling a Flake on border security and interior enforcement. Otherwise, he won't be getting my support for any position that has an impact on that issue, like Speaker.

[Reginald]

Yeah, he always looks like he hasn't slept for a week or two. But I don't think that necessarily excludes him from the Presidency; in fact, that look tends to eventually happen upon every President nowadays. So perhaps he's more of a natural fit than we suspect.

[Landslide Lyndon]

Yes, he is a bit immature at the moment. I agree with that. But he has a lot of potential.  He is a serious man.

No, he is not. He is a media-pampered charlatan whose ideas crumble under cursory review.

[© tweed]

Yes, he is a bit immature at the moment. I agree with that. But he has a lot of potential.  He is a serious man.

is this intended to piss off/parody Krugman readers?

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Yes, he is a bit immature at the moment. I agree with that. But he has a lot of potential.  He is a serious man.

is this intended to piss off/parody Krugman readers?

I was thinking Coen Brothers fans.