Ryan did just fine before he became the main person behind something that is causing the GOP serious pain in far more conservative districts.
. . . Because Democrats have
never tried to paint him as an extremest before.
I have (Liberal) family in his district, and from what i hear the Democrats have a better shot at dislodging Sensenbrenner than Ryan. The man is a political maestro, and the "Ryan Medicare plan will sink the Republicans" line falls kind of flat when the June recess just passed without incidence. Unless the Dems win like 270 seats in 2012, he'll win.