DAY'S END ROUNDUP

FROM THE BLOGS:

Paul Ryan gives Ayn Rand the cold shoulder
The Atlantic Wire's Elspeth Reeve speculates that Ryan's disavowal of the popular conservative author — who he has previously praised at length — could be a sign of his vice presidential aspirations

Obama's no Roosevelt
National Review's Conrad Black argues that the president's first term doesn't match up to FDR's in bringing the country back from economic disaster

Will Obama's reelection hinge on Bush amnesia?
Salon's Steve Kornacki says the president's challenge will be to remind voters that Republicans controlled the White House and Congress for much of the past decade

The Romney campaign's "Dark Knight"
GQ's Jason Zengerle profiles top Romney adviser Eric Fehrnstrom, calling him the presumptive Republican nominee's "backbone"

OTHER NEWS SOURCES:

Boehner presses Obama on travel
The Speaker of the House said it was "pathetic" and "beneath the dignity of the White House" to bill swing state stops as related to his duties as president, The Hill's Russell Berman reports

Senate says no on House student loan bill
Democrats says they're not willing to defund a key part of the president's health care package in exchange for maintaining the same rate on student loans, The Hill's Alexander Bolton reports