• • • The race to define Paul Ryan 
Jim Acosta, CNN - Political Ticker Atlas Shrugged  |The Fountainhead  |Capitalism  |Individualism  | Liberal activists have insisted Ryan's fiscal hawkishness stems from a fascination with the Russian-American novelist, Ayn Rand. [....] Last summer Ryan told CNN’s Gloria Borger that any talk of an obsession with Rand was a “canard.” “You know I read her novels when I was young, I thought they were good, they were good at defending free markets and free enterprise. Her philosophy is kind of a ridiculous one in my opinion, objectivism. I’m a devout Catholic, how can you believe in that stuff? But I think her novels are thought-provoking.”   Published: 2012-08-12