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 »
The Ryan Gamble
My reaction to hearing that Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney would pick U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (Wis.) to be his running-mate was almost the same as when I heard John McCain had selected then-governor Sarah Palin (Alaska) to be his vice-president four years ago, though for very different reasons. [cont.] […] Read more »
Ryan: a high-risk, low-reward pick
Mitt Romney is rolling out his running mate in the morning, and all signs appear to point to Wisconsin Member of the House Paul Ryan. It’s a high-risk, low-reward pick. … Political scientists generally have found that good running mates do little to help the ticket in November beyond the […] Read more »