NORFOLK, Va. — In the shadow of a military battleship, Mitt Romney formally named Paul Ryan as his running mate Saturday, saying that the 42-year-old Wisconsin congressman was the “intellectual leader” of the Republican Party with the experience to tackle the fiscal crises facing the nation and the temperament to be effective.Funny all this talk about how everyone – on both sides of the aisle likes and respects him.
People have always liked Ryan. The story of his political life has been his success in charming people — including a string of powerful friends in Congress, think tanks and the conservative media — in small rooms.Funny all this talk about how this election is now a serious debate about “the issues.”
Thank you, Mitt Romney. Your choice of House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan as your running mate might kick off the kind of serious fiscal debate the nation needs. Depending on how President Obama responds, such a discussion could set the stage for serious budget and tax reform in 2013.Well then why-oh-why, could former New Hampshire Gov. John Sununu (and big-time Romney rah-rah man) do no better than this on MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews, last night?
Nothing about how Ryan’s Medicare re-hauls are positioned within valid, intellectual political, social and economic frameworks.
Nothing about how Democrats might have disagreements with the plan, but still respect Ryan for his stances.
Nothing about this being a serious debate, where good people can disagree.
All because HE would rather have private insurance to a government run plan, any day. Because in that good Republican way, it’s all about ME!
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