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LOL! WSJ editorial: Saving Public Ryan
Saving Public Ryan
The best rebuttal to Democratic attacks will be the man himself.
The Obama campaign is wasting no time trying to do to Paul Ryan what it has done to Mitt Romney and Bain Capital—define him with attack ads before voters even have a chance to hear more than a soundbite from the man. Here's a suggestion for Team Romney: Unleash Paul Ryan on the national media.
Every campaign's temptation is to control the venues and the message for a vice president: Stick to the campaign script, work off the teleprompter, play it safe. Above all, make no mistakes. This is exactly the wrong way to handle Mr. Ryan, much less to beat back the Democratic assault.
The best rebuttal to President Obama's attack machine is Mr. Ryan himself. No one knows the facts of his budget better than he does, no one in the Republican Party can explain better the policy choices on Medicare, and few can better put those details into a larger moral context.
Above all, Mr. Ryan has the kind of sunny demeanor that is a living repudiation of the "radical" and "extremist" charge. He will not come across as arrogant or threatening. And if he reveals a Reaganesque smile and shrug that dismiss the attacks as the same old nasty Washington politics, that won't hurt either.
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444772404577585152226387724.html
The best rebuttal to Democratic attacks will be the man himself.
The Obama campaign is wasting no time trying to do to Paul Ryan what it has done to Mitt Romney and Bain Capital—define him with attack ads before voters even have a chance to hear more than a soundbite from the man. Here's a suggestion for Team Romney: Unleash Paul Ryan on the national media.
Every campaign's temptation is to control the venues and the message for a vice president: Stick to the campaign script, work off the teleprompter, play it safe. Above all, make no mistakes. This is exactly the wrong way to handle Mr. Ryan, much less to beat back the Democratic assault.
The best rebuttal to President Obama's attack machine is Mr. Ryan himself. No one knows the facts of his budget better than he does, no one in the Republican Party can explain better the policy choices on Medicare, and few can better put those details into a larger moral context.
Above all, Mr. Ryan has the kind of sunny demeanor that is a living repudiation of the "radical" and "extremist" charge. He will not come across as arrogant or threatening. And if he reveals a Reaganesque smile and shrug that dismiss the attacks as the same old nasty Washington politics, that won't hurt either.
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http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390444772404577585152226387724.html
Mitt Romney: I’m Running With Paul Ryan, But Not On The Ryan Budget
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021110943
Breaking: Romney Staff Warned Him Not to Pick Ryan!!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021119215
McCain: Obama Attacks Succeeding At Painting Romney As Unacceptable
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021118134
LOL! National Review: Don’t Panic (updated)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021107274
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One day, and the WSJ is already conceding that Ryan is being successfully defined.
Not only that, you have to love the admission that the Bain ads worked.
wonder why they cancelled the stop in Orlando?
seems to me Private Public Ryan has already been defined
