There arenât a whole lot of similarities between Paul Ryan and Sarah Palin. Unlike Palin, Ryan is bright and is considered a policy wonk. But thereâs one clear similarity between the two: Both were picked to be on the ticket out of desperation.
Nate Silver had it exactly right when he Tweeted:
I think Ryan pick (if rumors true) indicates bearish view from Romney campaign. Not a pick you make if you think youâre ahead.
Will it work better than McCainâs desperation move of picking Palin in 2008? It wonât be that disastrous. Ryan will not look unpresidential and will not scare people at the thought of him having to take over for Romney for some reason; no sane person could see Palin try to answer simple questions and have confidence that she could run the country. But the Obama campaign is already cuing up their ads on the Ryan plan and those ads are likely to be very effective. David Frum knows exactly what those ads will look like:
A womanâs voice over. âYouâve worked hard all your life. Youâve paid Medicare taxes for almost 30 years. But under the Republican plan, Medicare wonât be there for you. Instead of Medicare as it exists now, under the Republican plan youâll get a voucher that will pay as little as half your Medicare costs when you turn 65âand as little as a quarter in your 80s. And all so that millionaires and billionaires can have a huge tax cut.â
That ad will draw blood and willâas Henry Kissinger used to sayâhave the additional merit of being true.
http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2012/08/13/paul-ryan-sarah-palin/
Nate Silver had it exactly right when he Tweeted:
I think Ryan pick (if rumors true) indicates bearish view from Romney campaign. Not a pick you make if you think youâre ahead.
Will it work better than McCainâs desperation move of picking Palin in 2008? It wonât be that disastrous. Ryan will not look unpresidential and will not scare people at the thought of him having to take over for Romney for some reason; no sane person could see Palin try to answer simple questions and have confidence that she could run the country. But the Obama campaign is already cuing up their ads on the Ryan plan and those ads are likely to be very effective. David Frum knows exactly what those ads will look like:
A womanâs voice over. âYouâve worked hard all your life. Youâve paid Medicare taxes for almost 30 years. But under the Republican plan, Medicare wonât be there for you. Instead of Medicare as it exists now, under the Republican plan youâll get a voucher that will pay as little as half your Medicare costs when you turn 65âand as little as a quarter in your 80s. And all so that millionaires and billionaires can have a huge tax cut.â
That ad will draw blood and willâas Henry Kissinger used to sayâhave the additional merit of being true.
http://freethoughtblogs.com/dispatches/2012/08/13/paul-ryan-sarah-palin/
