Romney Picks Paul Ryan of Wisconsin

[trefoil]

Quote from wjk:

Gleeful times for dems...or not.

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner/313732/smart-democrats-should-be-worried-john-fund

"No doubt there are many Democrats rubbing their hands in glee in contemplation of reviving some version of the ad that featured an actor playing Paul Ryan pushing a grandmother in a wheelchair off a cliff. But the smarter ones are worried.

First, if Ryan is an extremist and his proposals are so unpopular, how has he won election seven times in a Democratic district? His lowest share of the vote was 57 percent — in his first race. He routinely wins over two-thirds of the vote...

...Democrats will no doubt try to make Paul Ryan into a younger version of the devil they’ve tried to paint Mitt Romney as. But they should worry about fighting a campaign on fundamental issues in a weak economy. That’s precisely how Jimmy Carter, the last Democratic president to run for reelection during hard times, wound up losing so badly that it not only cost Democrats control of the U.S. Senate but damaging the liberal brand for years afterwards."

Maybe it's not game over just yet.

This is what happened the one time the choice on Ryan's plan was clear:

Imagine a Red Sox fan walking into a Bronx bar on game night and walking out an hour later having convinced the Yankees fans inside to root for the Sox. Pretty unthinkable, right? Well that's essentially what happened yesterday in New York's 26th Congressional District where the Democrat, Kathy Hochul, defeated her Republican opponent, Jane Corwin, in a special election in one of the state's most conservative bastions.

To give some perspective, the district, which spans from Rochester to Buffalo, has 27,000 more Republicans than Democrats, voted for John McCain over Barack Obama in 2008, and has had just three Democrats represent it in the last 150 years. The 26th is about as red as they come. In last Fall's midterm elections, the GOP incumbent, Chris Lee, won the district with 76% of the vote. The only problem for Lee was that a few months later he was caught in a cheesy shirtless pose on Craigslist trolling for babes. Gov. Andrew Cuomo then called for the special election to fill the randy Republican's seat.

Jump ahead to April when Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), Chairman of the House Budget Committee, released his controversial proposal to eliminate Medicare and replace it with a voucher system. While virtually all Republicans voted for it, most Americans are against the plan. So what Hochul shrewdly did up in Western New York was scare the bajeesus out of voters with: 'My opponent and her party will take away granny's Medicare and put her on the street with a tin cup.' And it worked, big time.

If Democrats were smart (I'm not so sure sometimes), they'd co-opt Hochul's strategy and aggressively run with it nationally all the way to November 2012. This is the absolute perfect bumper-sticker issue for them, and with it they could win many critical seats.

 

[wjk]

Quote from Ricter:

Maybe not. But to answer the question about how he can win election seven times in a dem district, the standard answer which suffices for most politicians is simply that he does not actually do what he says he'll do. : )

True, but think about this: I don't believe he runs as a lib or on dem principles, yet he still gets elected in that district. I think more libs get elected by running as moderates or even conservatives, but when conservatives run as moderates or libs they get destroyed.

Maybe Ryan has some Reagan qualities. Reagan was able to get votes from libs even though he didn't portray himself as one.

 

[wjk]

Quote from trefoil:

This is what happened the one time the choice on Ryan's plan was clear:

Some of the issues in your link are why I thought Rubio would have been a much better choice. Like I said earlier, the super PACs are going to have a field day. Will it work? Depends on how Ryan deals with the seniors and how easily they buy into the tactics soon to be employed (re-employed?).

 

[Covertibility]

 

[Ricter]

It's not too late for Romney to change his mind... or is it?
; )

 

[wjk]

Quote from Ricter:

It's not too late for Romney to change his mind... or is it?
; )

If only!

 

[jem]

at first I was concerned. How was Romney going to win without nailing down Florida?

but, now more that ever I realize Romney is more concerned about fixing the economy, they even be elected. I now believe Romney is one of the few politicians in American who is serious about fixing our looted economy.

I can't believe how serious this pick was.
It was the anti palin pick.

It was here it is america... you want a sound economy and country pick us.

you want more lies, bullshit and future collapse elect the dems.


(and note to ricter... we are a very high tax country when you add, state local, property, gas, S.S., medicare and all the other taxes together.)

 

[trefoil]

Quote from wjk:

If only!

McGovern did that in '72. Didn't really work out well.

 

[Lucrum]

Quote from jem:

...It was here it is america... you want a sound economy and country pick us.

you want more lies, bullshit and future collapse elect the dems.

That's pretty much how I'm seeing it as well. Of course I'm voting ABO no matter who the VP choice turned out to be.

 

[Brass]

Quote from Ricter:

It's not too late for Romney to change his mind... or is it?
; )

Perhaps during the debates, depending on how they're going. And then possibly again, right after.