Mitt Romney has been pushed as the businessman who can fix the federal budget and kickstart the econemy yet he brings in a guy who is known for his handling (good or bad) of the budget and the economy.
It seems like a wasted pick.
Mitt Romney has been pushed as the businessman who can fix the federal budget and kickstart the econemy yet he brings in a guy who is known for his handling (good or bad) of the budget and the economy.
It seems like a wasted pick.
I said you need to strive to better than everyone else. I didn't say you needed to be better than everyone else. But you gotta try. That's what character is. It's in the try.
Although I will not be voting Mittens or Barry Mannilow in November, I think the Ryan pick is smart. It wins Romney the Catholic vote, but I don't think it will sell too well in the midwest, which is by and large fundamentalist protestant. Plus, Ryan is a GOP guy who won in a historically liberal state (Wisconsin, okay okay they also elected that birds turd who opposed teachers' and police unions and Joe McArthy, is predominantly liberal). Also, and he didn't have to try all that hard, Romney picked a guy who is nowhere near as bad as Sarah Palin.
Really? Lower than Quayle???Originally Posted by DraftBoy
I don't like Ryan's positions on alot of things, but atleast I grant him as having a brain...
Mostly agree. I think Rubio would have been the perfect fit until Obama deflated any help Rubio would have given him by essentially unofficially enacting parts of the Dream Act. Romney needed the Hispanic vote and Obama essentially took steps to ensure Rubio wouldn't help him much. It also hurts in that Mitt could probably be in the running if he pulled off winning Florida. I consider that a masterful political move by the Obama admin.
Out of the candidates that were left, Ryan was probably the best one...but he comes with his own problems and will essentially alienate the Independent voters. It does help him solidify his base with and get the Conservative vote, but I'm not sure that he can get the extra help he needs to pose a significant threat.
Last edited by mysticsoto; 08-13-2012 at 03:33 PM.
Paul Ryan has a complicated record
Rep. Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney’s running mate, has been described in the past few days as a combination of two congressional ideals. Tea Party activists say he is an uncompromising budget-cutter. Romney himself says Ryan is a deal-maker, able to find common ground with Democrats.
Over a complicated, contradictory career in the House, Ryan (R-Wisc.) has done plenty to prove them both wrong.
For more than half his career, Ryan was a dutiful GOP foot soldier, which meant he voted for many of the budget-busting, Bush-era measures that tea partiers have come to hate. Ryan was a “yes” for expanding Medicare prescription-drug coverage, as well as bailing out the financial sector and automakers.
Then, in recent years, Ryan recast himself as a GOP visionary: instead of seeking compromises with Democrats, he sketched out uncompromised GOP ideals on Medicare and Social Security.
During more than 13 years in Congress, Ryan has passed just two of his bills into law.
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