BARONE: Romney-Ryan ticket puts entitlement crisis at center of campaign | WashEx
By MB Snow at August 12, 2012 | 10:00 am | Print
By Michael Barone, Aug. 12, 2012
To attack Ryan, Democrats repeat 2011 ‘lie of the year’
In front of the U.S.S. Wisconsin in Norfolk harbor, a coatless Mitt Romney named a tieless Paul Ryan as his vice presidential nominee.
Romney’s choice was not much of a surprise after he told NBC’s Chuck Todd on Thursday that he wanted someone with “a vision for the country, that adds something to the political discourse about the direction of the country. I mean I happen to believe that this is a defining election for America, that we’re going to be voting for what kind of America we’re going to have.”
This arguably describes some of the others mentioned as possible nominees, but it clearly fits Paul Ryan.
He doesn’t fit some of the standard criteria for vice president. He hasn’t won a statewide election, held an executive position or become well known nationally or even in much of Wisconsin.
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