If Mitt Romney’s selection of Paul Ryan for his running mate can be counted on to do anything, it’s bringing Ryan’s controversial proposal to reform Medicare to center-stage. … While this Medicare fight is quite predictable, the Romney campaign’s decision to court it is far more surprising. After all, Romney […] Read more »
Paul Ryan gets low marks for VP
Americans don’t believe GOP presidential contender Mitt Romney hit a home run with his choice of Paul Ryan as a running mate, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll finds, with more of the public giving him lower marks than high ones. [cont.] Catalina Camia, USA Today Read more »
Will Ryan help GOP ticket reverse trend in Wisconsin?
… If there’s any place in America where Paul Ryan’s presence on the GOP ticket electrifies the party faithful it is here, in the outer suburbs and exurbs of Milwaukee, where Republican turnout routinely defies the laws of physics. Does that mean Ryan can help end the GOP’s 24-year Wisconsin […] Read more »
Paul Ryan’s Liberal Fan Club
There is one point on which Democratic strategists and the hard right are united: they fervidly support Mitt Romney’s decision to choose Paul Ryan, Republican of Wisconsin, as his vice-presidential running mate. Geoff Garin, a Democratic pollster who works for the pro-Obama super PAC Priorities USA Action, declared in an […] Read more »
Ryan pick in 5 easy steps
… By picking him, Romney provides a powerful signal that he is willing to counter Obama’s failed attempt to unite America with an unapologetic attempt to win via econo-demographic, divide-and-conquer politics. [cont.] Thomas Schaller, U. of Md., Baltimore County Read more »
Ask Dr. Popkin: What About the Ryan Pick?
… The choice of Ryan, finally, confirms that Obama, with major assistance from the Republican party and the Romney campaign, has captured the center on social issues and painted Romney into a corner. [cont.] Samuel Popkin, UC San Diego Read more »