Romney to pick VP tomorrow morning (Sat.)

[Bonhomme Richard]

And the rumblings are that it's Paul Ryan. If true, I like that, a lot. Young, dynamic, can connect with the conservative base and hopefully inject some excitement into the campaign. Good stuff. We'll see.

[AlwaysGreenAlwaysWhite]

Paul is a solid pick.

Where'd you hear that by the way? Just curious...

[Bonhomme Richard]

Originally Posted by AlwaysGreenAlwaysWhite

Paul is a solid pick.

Where'd you hear that by the way? Just curious...

Politico confirmed that the announcement will come tomorrow at 9AM (odd time and day for a pick btw).

The Weekly Standard is saying they have a trustworthy source calling it Ryan.

[Frequent Flyer]

Can he pull Wisconsin? That would be great.

[Bonhomme Richard]

Originally Posted by Frequent Flyer

Can he pull Wisconsin? That would be great.

+1, Wisconsin would be huge, and definitely doable between Ryan and the pro-Walker faction of voters.

ABC news is now saying Ryan as well. Lock it up.

[Frequent Flyer]

Paul Ryan, Representative from Wisconsin's 1st District

Life
Co-sponsored the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act.

Voted to amend the health care law so that no federal funds may be used to pay for any part of any healthcare plan that offers abortion coverage.

Voted for the Abortion Pain Bill and the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act.

Voted to prohibit partial birth abortion.

Marriage
Voted for a resolution proposing a constitutional amendment that would define marriage as the union between one man and one woman.

Voted against repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.

Religious liberty
Voted for the Religious Liberty Protection Act of 1999.

On the HHS mandate: “This is much, much bigger than about contraception. This is about religious freedom, First Amendment rights, and how this progressive philosophy of fungible rights of a living breathing constitution really clashes and collides with these core rights that we built our society and country around.”

Embryonic life
Voted against the Stem Cell Research Act of 2007, which would have required the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to conduct and support research on embryonic stem cells.

Voted in favor of developing methods to produce stem cells without using human embryos.

School choice
Voted in favor for school vouchers in Washington, D.C.

[adb280z]

Originally Posted by Bonhomme Richard

Politico confirmed that the announcement will come tomorrow at 9AM (odd time and day for a pick btw).

The Weekly Standard is saying they have a trustworthy source calling it Ryan.

Very strange time for this kind of announcement, half the country is still asleep.

[brady's a catcher]

Better than Pawlenty and Portman snoozers, not as good as Rubio/Martinez..as far as winning goes, imo. Hopefully chicks dig the young guy.

[shakin318]

Great pick. I was expecting Romney to overthink and screw up the VP nod.

[Apache 51]

Good choice, for as much as it doesn't matter too much.

[chiefst2000]

Originally Posted by brady's a catcher

Better than Pawlenty and Portman snoozers, not as good as Rubio/Martinez..as far as winning goes, imo. Hopefully chicks dig the young guy.

This has nothing to do with chicks picking the young guy. IMO choosing Ryan was a move to make the campaign about the issues. . Ryan put together the budget blueprint that the GOP wants to implement. Who better to defend that plan against the left wing assault then its architect? is the most eloquent and informed when defending that plan The more recent bipartisan proposal eliminates the more controversial medicare voucher element. Politically he fires up the conservative base while not offending independents. i love the choice. Democrats will be licking their chops and busting out their "grandma off the cliff" campaign. I say bring it on. I think the contrast between the Ryan plan and the Democrats lack of any plan or direction will be stark.

[brady's a catcher]

Originally Posted by chiefst2000

This has nothing to do with chicks picking the young guy. IMO choosing Ryan was a move to make the campaign about the issues. . Ryan put together the budget blueprint that the GOP wants to implement. Who better to defend that plan against the left wing assault then its architect? is the most eloquent and informed when defending that plan The more recent bipartisan proposal eliminates the more controversial medicare voucher element. Politically he fires up the conservative base while not offending independents. i love the choice. Democrats will be licking their chops and busting out their "grandma off the cliff" campaign. I say bring it on. I think the contrast between the Ryan plan and the Democrats lack of any plan or direction will be stark.

I hope you're right chiefs, I just don't see it. This does not help Mittens' electability, which is all that matters, right? Ryan is not a needle mover with independents, imo.

I wanted Rubio...

[AlbanyJet]

Originally Posted by brady's a catcher

I hope you're right chiefs, I just don't see it. This does not help Mittens' electability, which is all that matters, right? Ryan is not a needle mover with independents, imo.

I wanted Rubio...

Campaigns do their own internal polling.

And I'm thinking that Romney selecting Ryan indicates that their internal polling shows that Romney has the margin to select Ryan over a safe pick like Rubio.

In other words, the Romney internal polling tells them that Obama sucks so bad that they can select any VP candidate that they want.

[brady's a catcher]

Originally Posted by AlbanyJet

Campaigns do their own internal polling.

And I'm thinking that Romney selecting Ryan indicates that their internal polling shows that Romney has the margin to select Ryan over a safe pick like Rubio.

In other words, the Romney internal polling tells them that Obama sucks so bad that they can select any VP candidate that they want.

Interesting point Albany. Glad Mittens corrected his gaffe...was a great speech and made him seem more human.

[AlbanyJet]

Originally Posted by brady's a catcher

Interesting point Albany. Glad Mittens corrected his gaffe...was a great speech and made him seem more human.

The Republicans are going with two white guys? When Marco Rubio was available?

Their internal polling data must tell them that Obama is doing horrible!!

[brady's a catcher]

Originally Posted by AlbanyJet

The Republicans are going with two white guys? When Marco Rubio was available?

Their internal polling data must tell them that Obama is doing horrible!!

Paul is knocking it out of the park. He's gonna kill Biden, and I think Mittens can beat Otelepromter also.

[Warfish]

Ryan is ok, conservative enough on the important things, fiscal and Government size/power. Too social/religious for me, but thats to be expectd.

My concenr is this pick does nothing to help Romney win. The pick appeals only to those already squarely in the "was going to vote (R) anyway" party loyalist types. He has no appeal to moderates or independant voters, and won't get any with the (D) spin on his budget (dishobest though it is) and his social conservative views that are fast becomming outdated by most in the middle.

It must be said, he's also a "boring white man". That won't help in an election more and more dominated by racial/gender divisions, women, gays, hispanics and blacks were all squarely in Obama's camp before, and will remain so now.

I'm just suprised I guess, that Romney felt the need (in any form) to appeal to the base, given it's the base that always shows up to vote it's party loyalty, regardless of candidate. Base's don't win election, the great unwashed and undecided middle does....and more and more, women and hispanics do.

End of the day, my prediction for Election 2012 hasn't changed. Obama wins. Ryan doesn't shift the needle by much when all is said and done and they don't win Wisconsin.

[AlwaysGreenAlwaysWhite]

^^^ Boring? Not by any stretch...

[AlbanyJet]

Originally Posted by Warfish

Ryan is ok, conservative enough on the important things, fiscal and Government size/power. Too social/religious for me, but thats to be expectd.

My concenr is this pick does nothing to help Romney win. The pick appeals only to those already squarely in the "was going to vote (R) anyway" party loyalist types. He has no appeal to moderates or independant voters, and won't get any with the (D) spin on his budget (dishobest though it is) and his social conservative views that are fast becomming outdated by most in the middle.

It must be said, he's also a "boring white man". That won't help in an election more and more dominated by racial/gender divisions, women, gays, hispanics and blacks were all squarely in Obama's camp before, and will remain so now.

I'm just suprised I guess, that Romney felt the need (in any form) to appeal to the base, given it's the base that always shows up to vote it's party loyalty, regardless of candidate. Base's don't win election, the great unwashed and undecided middle does....and more and more, women and hispanics do.

End of the day, my prediction for Election 2012 hasn't changed. Obama wins. Ryan doesn't shift the needle by much when all is said and done and they don't win Wisconsin.

I don't know about that, Fish!

Romney selected Ryan because he felt that he had the latitude to do so. Otherwise it would have been Rubio.

[PatriotReign]

Originally Posted by AlwaysGreenAlwaysWhite

^^^ Boring? Not by any stretch...

His base already considers him a rock start but saying that Ryan has more charisma than Romney isn't saying much. There are independents/moderates who will be wary of his religious influenced stances despite supporting his calls for fiscal accountabilty.