By Kane
ALTOONA, Iowa — Gov. Terry Branstad (R) (click here) brought one of his party’s shining stars to this presidential crucible last Saturday night before nearly 800 important Iowa Republicans, stoking speculation that the guest, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), was testing the 2016 waters.
But moments after Ryan’s speech, Branstad nixed any thought that the 2012 vice presidential nominee should be his party’s next standard bearer. “Leadership is gonna come out of the states, not Washington. Look at the governors,” Branstad said in an interview....
