Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., gave the kind of speech this morning on “Federalism and America’s Future” that might renew the longing, if not the likelihood, that he run for president in 2012 on a platform of rolling back the bureaucratic state and President Obama’s agenda.

Speaking during a Constitution Day celebration at the Kirby Center for Constitutional Studies and Citizenship, Ryan criticized Congress and President Obama for putting “too much discretionary power in the hands of unaccountable bureaucrats.”