<![CDATA[RealClearPolitics - Articles by Evan Harris]]>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/authors/?id=22700Author <![CDATA[Ryan: Debt Likely to Be Greatest Topic of 2012]]> Sun, 01 May 2011 00:00:00 -0500 The federal debt has been a hot topic on Washington for months, but will the deficit dominate the campaign trails in 2012? House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan said he thinks it will.

"The finished product of how we ultimately solve this debt crisis, I think, is going to become probably the greatest topic of the 2012 election," Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., told "This Week" anchor Christiane Amanpour.

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