Guest blogging this week is my
nephew, Thomas Strieker, who shares a memorable 2005 meeting with Paul
Ryan. Thousands have viewed my take on Paul Ryan. Readers seem interested in perspectives from
Ryan's hometown of Janesville. Thomas was raised in Janesville and
graduated from Parker High School.
Janesville feels so far off the map that when
someone gets any national attention my heart beats faster. So I was excited when Mitt Romney tapped Paul
Ryan as his running mate. The all-seeing
eye of American Politics gazes on my hometown.
Janesvillians want to share their encounters with Ryan and his family,
and almost everyone has a story.
My first and only interaction with the potential
Vice President was in Washington D.C. back in 2005. I was fortunate enough to be part of an
audience with the then four-term congressman.
