Say what you will about Paul Ryan, his selection by Mitt Romney as his vice-presidential runningmate is likely the most dramatic choice he could have made. And there are a lot of things about Ryan you probably don’t know.

Did you know, for example, that among his hobbies is “noodling?” That’s a thoroughly redneck sport in which participants get in the water, stick their arms into the mouths of big ole catfish and then haul them out. He’s also an avid bow hunter. And he married one of my fellow Oklahomans – Janna Ryan is from Oklahoma City, the heart of the American heartland.