Unlike the 2008 Election when John McCain's pick of Sarah Palin took everyone by surprise, and created a media circus, Romney's VP pick is already "old news." Since the wee hours of the morning (I've been up since 5:00), the cable news channels have been aflood with news that Mitt Romney has chosen Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI) as his choice for Vice President. Headlines like "Sources tell CNN, Romney to announce VP pick at 9:00AM, Romney's VP Announcement," have removed the elements of surprise and anticipation. So what's left to report at 9:00AM Eastern is Romney confirming the news that's been reported for the last few hours.
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One CNN ticker describes Ryan as "the poster child for budget cuts." Not too great headline for a VP candidate before the American public even gets to know him. In numerous online articles, he's referred to as "the incredibly boring white guy." So did Romney hit the mark with Ryan as his running mate, or will he become the female version of Sarah Palin with which the media will have a field day?
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U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) waves with Republican Presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney after he introduced Romney at a campaign stop at Lawrence University March 30, 2012 in Appleton, Wisconsin. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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Comments: 11
Paul Ryan boring? I remember when he was elected. He was the only one running for the seat... He was a young kid, he could hardly talk...
He knows first hand why the budget has to be cut. He is one of the leeches feeding of the system. He is coming from a family with money, however he played the system, and he grew up on welfare when his father died. He went to school on tax payers' money. He know how the system is abused, first hand. So, who else could be more knowledgeable as an insider in cheating the system?
I think that this is the perfect much: Romney and Ryan. Two frauds in the same place...
At least Sarah Palin was cute at the time, and slotish enough to be entertaining...
No surprise on that given that Paul Ryan is owned by the billionaire Koch brothers, who have bankrolled his campaigns just as they have bankrolled the tea party lobbyists.
Critics of the Koch brothers should have a field day with Rep. Paul Ryan on the GOP ticket: They've been one of his biggest campaign contributors.
And, using the term "field day" in my post appears on point.
Yes this election is a stark contrast between 2 candidates, but it's over for me with that selection, was before anyway. I will be enthusiastically be voting for Obama instead of the guy that makes his staffers read Ayn Rand.