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To borrow a phrase from my friend Erskine Bowles on the Fiscal Commission, we are the healthiest looking horse in the glue factory. That means America is still a step ahead of the European nations who are confronting a debt crisis, of Japan that's in its second lost decade.

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Paul Ryan
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: January 29
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Mike Pence is a good man, a principled conservative, and he will make a great vice president.
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