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Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)
1. Doubt it. You didn't expect the talk over Ryan to just end did you?
Mon Aug 13, 2012, 08:39 PM
Aug 2012

It will linger for a few days. He's new and creating buzz. Once the campaign settles down again, it'll return to being an issue.

TheCowsCameHome

(40,161 posts)
2. This Ryan infatuation will die down soon
Mon Aug 13, 2012, 08:39 PM
Aug 2012

Mitt will still have to answer questions about his tax returns. It ain't going away.

Brother Buzz

(36,212 posts)
5. Patience, grasshopper ...
Mon Aug 13, 2012, 08:45 PM
Aug 2012

Obama's machine is more then capable of multitasking. I have every reason to believe the boys are hammering out the specifics of the two front battle plan as we type.

neverforget

(9,433 posts)
7. Merely the eye of the hurricane because now we have added Medicare & Social Security to Bain and
Mon Aug 13, 2012, 08:55 PM
Aug 2012

taxes to hammer them on.

Ryan's budget is the vision for a Republican America: everyone suffers except the wealthy.

 

Motown_Johnny

(22,308 posts)
8. It will be back. Rmoney still needs to release last year's returns.
Mon Aug 13, 2012, 08:56 PM
Aug 2012

That will bring it all flooding back all at once.

The funny thing is that he can delay it into October. This may be the first reverse October surprise in history.


rocktivity

(44,555 posts)
9. Au contraire -- we now have two questions we can ask of Mitt
Mon Aug 13, 2012, 08:57 PM
Aug 2012

Where are your income tax returns?

You say you're not using Ryan's budget -- where's the budget that you ARE using?


rocktivity

JohnnyRingo

(18,580 posts)
10. Shiny new object in the media's eye
Mon Aug 13, 2012, 09:38 PM
Aug 2012

That's why Romney made his pick before the convention. He was taking so much heat from offshore havens, his tenure at Bain, and his missing tax returns he needed a quick distraction. and he got it. But at what price?

The campaign usually waits until at least September because they want the VP bump to carry them to election day. As it is, the bloom will be off the rose long before that, and unless Team Romney can come up with something else, the tax issue will rise again like an annoying Phoenix and needle him all the way to the polls.

The Democratic strategists are wise to sit back and let this play out before making a move. There was a saying during the nomination process that said: "Once you know Mitt Romney, you won't like Mitt Romney". That turned out to be quite true, and I believe the same is true of Paul Ryan.

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