The Ayn Rand attack on Ryan is pointless

[MineralMan]

32. I tend to agree. The percentage of US voters who even

know who Ayn Rand is is very small. The same thing applies to mentioning Ryan's fondness for Austrian Economics, which he shares with Ron Paul. Less than 1% of the population even knows what Austrian Economics is, so it does no good to mention it.

Instead, we need, I think, to focus on what the consequences to normal people will be if Romney/Ryan wins. Those things are clear and they hit home for people who actually go out and vote, despite not really knowing much about political theories and the like.

Such esoteric stuff is really interesting to political junkies, but of no interest at all to the vast majority of voters. We need to focus on what actually affects their lives in ways they can understand.