… Ryan’s ambitious budget blueprint, as passed twice by House Republicans over the past two years, crystallizes the GOP’s highest policy priority: shrinking the size of the federal government, largely by dramatically restructuring entitlement programs led by Medicare and Medicaid. But the GOP today is increasingly dependent on the votes […] Read more »
We don’t like Mitt — and it matters
Mitt Romney has a problem: Voters don’t like him. And the more they get to know him, it looks like the less they may think of him personally. … Likeability, in this context, is a two-way street. It’s not just a question of the voters warming up to the candidate, […] Read more »
Paul Ryan Pick Could Seriously Erode Romney’s Support
When Mitt Romney announced Paul Ryan as his running mate this morning, the Wisconsin Congressman’s budget became constitutive to Romney’s candidacy—in selecting Ryan, Romney not only supports, but also adopts, the principles and priorities in Paul Ryan’s radical budget plan. To be sure, Mitt Romney has already endorsed the Ryan […] Read more »
Mitt Hops on the Ryan Express
… Ryan is the first member of a major party presidential ticket from Wisconsin, and his selection probably makes the Badger State at least a bit more competitive. For now, the Crystal Ball still sees it leaning to Obama, but this could change and we’ll be watching closely. There’s reason […] Read more »
How Paul Ryan Can Help Romney
Paul Ryan is little known, was not in broad demand as Mitt Romney’s VP pick and authored a budget plan that, while popular in the GOP base, stepped into the red zone on the subject of Medicare. His selection seems like an attempt both to rally Republican loyalists and to […] Read more »
How much will Paul Ryan help Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign?
Mitt Romney has selected Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan to be his vice-presidential nominee. My initial reaction is that it doesn’t makes much sense electorally. But let’s examine the three key arguments that Ryan’s advocates have made to advance the case for his selection as VP. [cont.] Harry Enten, The Guardian Read more »