"Ryan represents the most serious national challenger to the essential premises of the Left since Calvin Coolidge"

Steven Hayward, posting on PowerLine nailed it:

I’ll happily declare interest behind my enthusiasm for Paul Ryan: he’s read my Reagan and Churchill books.  And I’ve seen him up close and in person displaying his facility with the deeper principles of the American Founding, and his (correct) perception of how the Progressive Era represents the decisive break in American political thought. In this respect he has more depth than Reagan.  Forget the budget issues for a moment–Ryan represents the most serious national challenger to the essential premises of the Left since Calvin Coolidge.

Here is the full speech, thanks to Legal Insurrection

And from Gateway Pundit:

Romney Raises $1.2 Million in Three Hours Since of Picking Paul Ryan