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DesideriScuri -> RE: Ryan Less Popular Than Palin...... (8/14/2012 6:31:03 AM)
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ORIGINAL: erieangel
Last Friday Laura Ingraham said that Romney is losing the election. She said that if the election were held on Friday, Romney would lose.
On Saturday, Romney announced Ryan as his running mate.
Ryan was the only obvious choice given that the base of the Republican party does not quite trust Romney; they were not thrilled about Romney being the nominee. Sure he had enough supporters to win the nomination but not the base of the party--as seen by Ron Paul supporters taking over many state parties and nearly getting enough delegates to get on ballot at the convention himself--which is what Paul's campaign was about.
Paul Ryan is a tea party favorite. He excites the base, perhaps even more so than Palin. He's charismatic, where Romney is stiff. And Ryan seems to believe everything he says. He's a good public speaker. Though I disagree with most of what he says, I enjoy listening to him. And Romney's campaign needed that kind of energy.
The trouble is, that kind of energy will not translate into a win in November. The nominee is supposed to fire up the base, especially when that nominee is up against an incumbent president who is viewed as marginally as Obama--even his supporters are unhappy with many of his policies. The Republican nominee shouldn't be having such a hard time of it this time around given the bad economy, the ACA half of America doesn't understand and the other half doesn't think went far enough, Obama's failure to effectively deal with an intransigent Congress--and yes, I do view it as a failure on Obama's part that Congress has done virtually nothing the past 2 years--among other things.
But Ryan will bring Romney few votes he didn't already have. Ryan might lock in some of the strict Catholic vote, but most of them are conservative, anti abortion, anti gay marriage any way. They may have had reservations about voting for a Mormon which the Ryan pick puts them at ease about, but most of them probably would have held their noses and voted for Romney anyway. Just has the Fundies will do.
Ryan does nothing to pick up the woman's vote (which Obama largely has), the minority voters (also in Obama's column), the elder vote and those approaching middle age--with his desire to change Medicare. I'm 50 and though in decent health, I do bipolar disorder. Not only that, but my mother passed at age 68 from pancreatic cancer, had diabetes and other health issues that are considered to "run in families". Do I really want to vote for somebody who would dismantle guaranteed medical coverage in my retirement and force me into the world of for-profit coverage at my age? Ryan promises that "voucher-system" would affect anybody 55 and younger.
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Laura Ingraham's Friday's talk:
http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2012/08/laura-ingraham-romneys-losing-131662.html
http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/erskine-bowles-praises-paul-ryan-budget-plan-video-003642883.html
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"I'm telling you, this guy is amazing. I always thought I was OK with arithmetic. This guy can run circles around me," Bowles tells a class of students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
"He is honest, he is straightforward, he is sincere. And the budget he came forward with is just like Paul Ryan. It is a sensible, straightforward, honest, serious budget and it cut the budget deficit just like we did by four trillion dollars."
Too bad Ryan's budget is getting short-shrifted and twisted around.
Ryan is a very solid choice. He is well spoken and articulate. He will easily stand up to the media and put them in their places. Ryan was someone I was hoping would run for President, having no illusions that Ron Paul would never get the nomination.
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