published Apr 10th 2016, 9:47 am, by Albert R. Hunt (Bloomberg View) — When House Speaker Paul Ryan released a video laying out his familiar theme that politics should be fought on ideas and issues, the Drudge Report’s headline was: “Paul Ryan launches his first campaign ad.” A dream of

©2016 Bloomberg View O19FWE6JTSEP (Bloomberg View) — Banks Goldman Sachs announced earnings today, just barely squeezing some of its $5.1 billion mortgage settlement into the fourth quarter; earnings were down year-over-year because of that charge. Here is the press release. There is a lot of gloom at the banks. “Once Wall