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 »
A Risky Rationale Behind Romney’s Choice of Ryan
… When a prudent candidate like Mitt Romney picks someone like Representative Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin as his running mate, it suggests that he felt he held a losing position against President Obama. [cont.] Nate Silver, New York Times Read more »
What Do Americans Know About Paul Ryan?
With Mitt Romney having picked Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan as his running mate, we can shed some light on these questions: What do people know about Ryan? And what do they think of him? [cont.] John Sides, George Washington U., and Lynn Vavreck, UCLA Read more »