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Rep. Paul Ryan on national stage at Reagan Library

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Rep. Paul Ryan
Seen here in a file photo, House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., questions Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011.
AP Photo/Susan Walsh

House Budget Committee chairman Paul Ryan, R-Wis.,told a sold-out audience at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library that Republicans will win big in November and they will work with moderate Democrats, as President Ronald Reagan did, to end Washington gridlock.

The Wisconsin congressman is on the short list of possible GOP vice presidential candidates. He compared President Obama's presidency to that of former President Jimmy Carter, and described both as failed presidents and failed ideology. Hear his entire May 22, 2012 speech and q/a session on MPR News Presents.

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Rep. Paul Ryan
Seen here in a file photo, House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., questions Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011.
AP Photo/Susan Walsh