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Paul Ryan's hopes, dashed by the age of Trump

Although he leans about as far to the right as I do to the left in political beliefs, I've always had a soft spot for Paul Ryan.

Our common ground was the late, great Jack Kemp, the pro football quarterback-turned-congressman who, until his death from cancer in 2009, mentored Ryan and other bright young think-tank conservatives of the Ronald Reagan era.

Kemp was a leading

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