“When President Bush demanded bailouts of Wall Street and Detroit in late 2008, most Republicans said no. Today in the U.S. House there are only six Republicans who voted yes on the auto bailout and both bank bailout votes. One of those congressmen is Paul Ryan. Today Ryan is an outspoken and eloquent critic of crony capitalism and business-government collusion. Under President Obama, Ryan even has a voting record to match.”
http://washingtonexaminer.com/ryans-corporatist-past-gives-way-to-populist-talk/article/2505269
Given Obama’s penchant for industrial policy, bailouts and handouts, Republicans could make crony capitalism and corporatism a major issue this fall, and run under the banner of free-market populism — as long as Ryan makes a clean break with his past.