Ryan as a VP is an inefficient allocation of human resources. He is most efficiently allocated in congress, where he can do a lot of good. Making him VP would place a great congressman in a non-position of the executive branch.

So I say terrible choice!

I don't like his budget which creates a federal responsibility to buy everybody health care.

Still i wish it was Ryan as President and Romney as clean up

Yeah all the things point at Paul Ryan.

Wisconsin has a Republican Governor. Safe and secure. So while we would lose a power player in the Senate... we would gain a future President as well. And this is the man we need as President.

This ties the Ron Paulbots in very tight and gains any leftover cash in Ron Paul's campaign funds as well (and gets a lot of his people to donate... this is a huge deal)

I see no true issues with this.

see what happens when you stay up 30 hours with 2 hours sleep?

home time finally

winner will be the first one to yell "Go home get ya [] shinebox"

Who cares? Romney will do little different than Obama. Collapse in 2015 or 2020 is a footnote in history books.

Ryan is already useless in Congress without the majorities to get anything passed, Justinian I. As VP he could easily (mostly through Romney) have more voice than he has now. What has now, with a divided Congress, is useless beyond its effects on future elections. What he would have in the future, as VP or as Congressman, would similarly be useless without majorities. But as VP he can be louder.

I don't dispute that he's leagues better than the average Congressman, but I think resigning him to "more useful" in Congress is oversimplifying the fact that his power in Congress is limited by the same factors as his potential power as a VP--But, as VP, his voice would be louder.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7124/7756771252_37240558ea.jpg

Though he can sound a little like Ron Paul when he speaks of fiscal responsibility, he is as much a fan of perpetual war as the next Orwellian caricature playing politics. Just one more neocon gasbag.

Elections will be won in the center. Ryan is a radical rightwing Rep. Romney may have calmed the hardcore conservatives, but he will lose in the political center in the long run. Ryan opened the flank of Romey for attacks by the Obama team. This race will be decided by the mobilisation of voters.

Which states can Ryan win over for Romey?

Maybe Ryan and Obama are radical, but Ryan is just candidate for VP. Obama runs with Biden again (or am i wrong?). So it is Biden vs. Ryan in the end.

http://www.clickorlando.com/news/politics/Hundreds-turned-away-from-Mitt-Romney-event-in-Florida/-/1637100/16088000/-/8ghv97/-/index.html

Odd... seems Romney cannot get enough space and time to see everyone who wants to see the next President of the United States.

Compared to Obama who does not give Press Conferences, does not get sell outs of anything anymore, who has had problems with fundraising, who had his NC Conference reduced from 4 days to 3 due to lack of interest in it.