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When Paul Ryan walks, the Wisconsin era ends

By Philip Wegmann
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When Paul Ryan walks, the Wisconsin era ends

When the pride of Wisconsin resigns, when Paul Ryan puts down the gavel and exits the speaker’s office, an era will end.

It wasn’t long ago that Wisconsin wielded oversized influence in national politics. At the beginning of the decade, the Washington Post reported that the state “could shape the direction of the GOP.”

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