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Article: Ryan's family, mentors shaped his politics
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- April 26, 2009
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Paul Ryan has been touted within the conservative movement as one
of its rising stars.
What shaped his political views and ambitions?
The six-term Wisconsin congressman points in part to his
upbringing in a sprawling, traditional, Irish Catholic, fifth-
generation Janesville family.
His father, an attorney, was a Republican and a fan of Ronald
Reagan, but not very political, says Ryan. His grandfather had been
tapped by Calvin Coolidge to be U.S. attorney for western Wisconsin
in his late 20s, roughly the same age at which Ryan entered
Congress.
Ryan's mother is an outdoors enthusiast who led her husband and
four kids on regular trips to hike and ski in the Colorado Rockies.
Ryan's brother ...