Romney's VP pick Paul Ryan: help, hurt, no difference on Romney's chances?

[yurbud]

Ryan is a good pick only graded on a curve that would include the likes of Sarah Palin and Dan Quayle.

Unlike either of those two, Ryan does seem to possess average or above IQ, and the ability to speak English.

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	This will help put Romney in the White House
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	This will fire up the conservative base and make the race closer as a result
	1 (17%)
	It will neither hurt nor help Romney
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	This will hurt Romney with some swing voters who happen to hear what Ryan's record is
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	Romney just blew another hole in the side of his already sinking ship
	5 (83%)
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[Vincardog]

1. This pick demonstrates that either the Mittwitt has given up or they are so sure that; between the

Vote suppression and crooked vote stealing machines, they can steal it and the people who vote do not count any more.
I vote for the first option.
Now will the Democratic party please get on with a real populist agenda?

[demwing]

2. Agreed, let's get on with the populist agenda

we're drawing a distinction? Let's draw.

[Vincardog]

3. EGGZACTLY Time for the Left wing DEMOCRATIC PARTY to give the people a reason to vote for them.

Say it now loud and proud.
We value PEOPLE over Corporations and their profit.
A rising STANDARD of living is more important than raising corporate profits.

[yurbud]

5. a third option: Romney is toast whether he knows it or not but...

the money people backing him want to raise Ryan's profile to the national stage so he can be their standard bearer at some later date.

[Bozita]

4. Rmoney's taxes will temporarily exit center stage

Temporarily!

[yurbud]

6. it will become a sideshow compared to the legislative record of Ryan

Guys like Ryan are the ones who create the conditions that allow guys like Romney to "cheat" legally.

[demwing]

7. Does Romney think he's winning?

Or is Romney panicking, and Ryan is just a blowjob for the Tea Party. As mentioned in the article linked here: <http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2012/08/11/evaluating_the_paul_ryan_pick.html> --Romney might be convinced he's already got this won, and has brought on Ryan to claim a Medicare killing mandate when (if) he makes it to the White House.

Is Mitt panicked, or manic? Will the real Mitt Romney please stand?

[yurbud]

8. my conservative dad said he thinks Romney will win in a landslide

I think right wing talk radio has upped the hallucinegins in their koolaid.

Whether Romney thinks he is going to win or not is immaterial: the money people behind the GOP probably told him to pick Ryan to up Ryan's profile so he can run for national office again--maybe when Obama is termed out.

[demwing]

9. The only reason Romney thinking he's winning is immaterial

is if he's basing it on something other than inside knowledge that the game is fixed in his favor.

If he knows he's winning, god help us. If he thinks he's winning, god help him.

[Rectangle]

10. The good(bad) ship rMoney just backed-up and took

another run at the iceberg!!

[AsahinaKimi]

11. This guy scares me...

I think he is far more dangerous then anyone the party has chosen to throw up as an candidate. This guy will make Cheney seem like a girl scout leader.

[McCamy Taylor]

12. He needed to move to the center. A move to the right does him no good at all.

He should have looked for a regular Joe type that unemployed Americans could relate to. You know, a sports hero turned politician.

Oh, an having an IQ is not a plus. The American public thinks that smart politicians can not be trusted.