# Wall Street Journal highlights Paul Ryan.

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**Created:** [January 29, 2011, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wall-street-journal-highlights-paul-ryan/569414 "2011-01-29T14:51:57Z")\
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> [@Nametag](#):
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> No, you were rebuffed because you predicted he’d be on the presidential ticket in 2012

I said I thought he was was setting himself up to be, and that I could see it happening. These were statements of opinion based on observation, not predictions.

What I did proclaim boldly was:

> [@Who will run for the 2012 presidency?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-will-run-for-the-2012-presidency/541628/113):
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> keep your eyes open for him. He’s young, attractive, conservative, and is emerging as the ideological leader of the Republican party.

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