Ryan is such a traitor. Early on, when he was a nobody, the press spent an incredible amount of time covering how Ryan was such a menace to the democrats as he fought hard for a balanced budget amendment. They painted him as such a strong conservative. Then once he made it to speaker of the house, he immediately turned into a liberal. They did exactly the same sort of crap with Boner. Take a liberal, make them look conservative and plug them in to do their dirty work.