Paul Ryan: GOP needs to win converts, not burn heretics

By Tim Mak

Published March 6, 2014 12:00am ET

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Paul Ryan: GOP needs to win converts, not burn heretics — Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., took the stage at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference to urge the Republican Party to become the “party of ideas,” concerned less with “burn[ing] heretics” and more with winning converts. The House Budget Committee Chairman delivered several applause lines and well-received jokes but — unlike Sen. Ted Cruz, who preceded […]

Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., took the stage at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference to urge the Republican Party to become the “party of ideas,” concerned less with “burn[ing] heretics” and more with winning converts.

The House Budget Committee Chairman delivered several applause lines and well-received jokes but — unlike Sen. Ted Cruz, who preceded him — no red-meat lines to amp up the crowd on Thursday morning.

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