Ryan is a terrible pick. I legitimately think he's a bad pick for Romney.
I'm wondering why Mitt Romney would choose a sociopath as his running mate.
What a bizarre comment. You got anything to back that up?
IMO, Ryan was picked for the same reason as Palin -- Romney was not trusted by his base, and he needed to shore it up.
I agree. I think Ryan is a skilled politician, but two things make me feel he is a bad pick:
-He undercuts a fundamental argument that Romney has had all along--that we need leaders who understand the private sector to turn around the economy. Ryan has been a politician all his life. Obama has more private sector experience.
-Obama is at his best running against a boogeyman. Until now, most of that boogeyman has had to come from attacks on Mitt Romney the person and his background. Now he can legitimately run against a fairly radical conservative plan.
What in the world does this even mean? That he's an easy target for attack ads that will draw attention from attack ads aimed at Romney's taxes? Why in the world do you assume attacks ads are 'impotent' when objectively they work? And how is that a positive?Ryan also gives the returner loonies something else to rage in impotence against. They already hate Ryan because he has been a thorn in the side of dems, so not instead of raging in impotence against something as stoopid as demanding tax returns, they can rage in impotence against Ryan - something they have practice at.
Ryan is a good pick for a few reasons. He ensures the libertarians will vote for him - as it is a great many of them were going to vote third party. Now they can see this as a way of getting a third party candidate into the White House...and it sets Ryan up for a Pres run in a few years if they win this election.
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What is with Republicans these days? How you you F up the Veep pick two elections in a row?
I really have a hard time believing this was Romney's first choice...
Ryan will give Romney a temporary poll boost, but it'll fade far before the election. But, the VP choice never had much of a boost for anyone. Ryan's approval ratings in his home state are in the 30s%. That is not what 40s% approval Romney needed. Ultimately Ryan would bring in the strongest conservatives, but those were the ones voting Romney anyways.
Rubio would have been the better choice. Get the Hispanic vote that went for Bush and Romney would be able to get just enough to win some key swing states. As is, I don't see Ryan helping Romney in the swing states at all because independents are pretty sour against Ryan.
Plus this gives Obama a clear line of attack. Romney just handed Obama an offensive campaign approach on a silver plate.