Would have preferred High Plains hottie Kristi Noem; but, hey, a chicken snake has more integrity than Joe Biden, bagman for Big Banking & Big Chemical.

Ryan takes his orders from the teabaggging Kochsucker Brothers. That means more tax cuts for the rich, and spending cuts that will punish the middle class and the poor. Medicare and Medicaid will be destroyed.

MagicUnderwear Man could have made a worse choice (West or crazy Bachmann), but this one reeks nonetheless.

I agree, Kevin.
Someone said yesterday that any choice other than Portman showed desperation on the part of the Romney campaign.
I just don’t think that Ryan’s upside (???) can overcome his downside. He’s going to be quite a contrast to Biden in their debate.

This is a strange choice by Romney, and I strongly doubt it’s what the higher-ups in the GOP wanted. I’m not even sure what real advantage he gets from picking Ryan.

If he had picked Rob Portman, who was long the favorite of the GOP for his experience and his Ohio flag, he might have had a chance to win that state, which might have outweighed the comments he would have endured about Portman’s service in the Bush Administration. If he had picked Marco Rubio, he might have had a chance to win Florida, which might have outweighed the controversies Rubio has plunged himself into.

But Ryan? Going with him means he’s alienating the voters of Florida and effectively writing off that state. He’s throwing Ohio away too, which leaves him in a situation no GOP candidate wants to be if they can avoid it. And he’s aligning himself with the House GOP, which means he’s writing off all the independent voters he desperately needs to get over the hump he’s been unable to clear.

This may be a turning point for the campaign.

Well, actually, according to Wisconsin law, if Ryan wants to uphold his “Tea Party values,” then he’ll turn down the offer.

Ryan could run as the GOP nominee for VP and still run for re-election to the House BUT if (by some horrific stroke of fate) Ryan should become the VP, his House re-election would be voided and the people of Ryan’s district would be subjected to a special election to fill Ryan’s seat. And, as we all know, special elections cost money and the Tea Party supposedly hates it when the government wastes money.

Of course, Ryan’s “Tea Party values” are non-existent. Ryan is only interested in what benefits Paul Ryan. (OTOH, Ryan might prefer to decline Romney’s offer since a VP Ryan would have a lot less power than House member Ryan.)

No shock. This week has been so bad for Mitt he had to make this announcement to avoid the negative coverage from the Sunday shows that would have otherwise been coming.

He had to please the Tea Party base, which I’m sure this pick will do.

Yeah, NBC’s Chuck Todd is also saying that it’s going to be Ryan. He says he’s got 3 sources telling him that.

I would offer this as an explanation for why Hannity gave an entire hour of tribute to Joe Lieberman… but I’m pretty sure that not even Romney would make a move that stupid.

Anything to change the topic, which currently is: What a stupid, lyin’ sumnabitch is Romney.

With all my love,
Headly Westerfield
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