"...we really have an opportunity to turn this election into a total rout."

[babylonsister]

http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2012/8/11/0344/77225

Set Your Alarm Clock

by BooMan
Sat Aug 11th, 2012 at 12:34:04 AM EST

Mitt Romney will announce his running mate early tomorrow morning. Rumors are rampant that his choice will be Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin. However, it would be a major show of lack of discipline if they spoiled the surprise, so don't buy into it just yet. Picking Paul Ryan would appear to be an act of hara-kiri. The Ryan Budget plan polls so badly that the Democrats discovered they couldn't effectively use it to campaign because people simply refused to believe that a major political party would suggest something so awful. But they will believe it if Paul Ryan is on the ticket. All we will talk about for the next 90 days is Ryan's plan to voucherize Medicare and hand every senior a bill for $6,000. And older Americans are really Romney's only area of strength. Picking Ryan runs the serious risk of losing his strongest base of support. It could cause a complete collapse in his polling numbers and move seemingly safe Republican states into the Democrats' column. Forget winning Florida.

It's not that Ryan is a terrible candidate in terms of his personality or his ability to communicate effectively. He brings some positive attributes to the table. But people don't like his budget plan at all. His biggest upside is that he will excite a segment of the highly-engaged Republican base. But they are pretty amped already. If he picks Ryan, it will be very reminiscent of the Palin pick, in the sense that McCain ultimately decided it would be better to please the base than to move to the center.

Ryan could have some hiccups once he sees the spotlights, but he won't implode like Palin. He'll give Romney a jolt of energy that will carry through to the convention. But he will be blasted into oblivion by the Obama machine once it becomes time to hold the Democratic Convention.

I'm not convinced that Ryan will really be the pick. But, if he is, we really have an opportunity to turn this election into a total rout.

[RedSpartan]

1. Hey...

[unc70]

2. Maybe finally educate people about Ayn Rand

Expose her stupidity to ridicule. Make the whole RW a laughingstock.

Look forward to Obama introducing Ryan to the Nation.

[AzDar]

5. Especially the hypocrisy of Rand and Ryan...both of whom benefited greatly from social programs

they deemed evil and long(ed) to destroy.

[hue]

8. So very true!! n/t

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

12. And explain how they could support an avid ATHEIST who wrote about sex. Then...

when she and her husband came of age, they lived (and died) off the government dole. Explain that to the 'baggers!

These people are such fucking hypocrites!! It's getting too ridiculous!!

[HereSince1628]

3. Romney is desperate to move off his tax-returns...turning to Medicare bashing and

promoting austerity would be an obvious solution to the tax-return problem.

Most of the r's base will vote for Romney without considering the consequences.

[monmouth]

4. I wonder how many and who exactly turned him down for the VP spot. That would be of interest..LOL..

n/t

[madrchsod]

6. alxerod must be the happiest man in the world

he`s been given a gift that keeps on giving and a chance to destroy karl rove`s legacy.

what a way to retire from political arena.

[ewagner]

7. Sometimes I get the feeling

that the Repubs are actually TRYING to throw this election....maybe Rove is maneuvering for 2016.

[hue]

9. I think Repukes/RW Teabaggers are cocky d/t ability to hack voting machines.

As with Scott Walker it doesn't matter how many debates they loose, how stupid they sound, how many lies they broadcast, how many voters they disenfranchise, they are confident in their ability to control the press, polls and flip the numbers on the voting machines. It's really not who votes, it's who controls the electronics.

[heaven05]

10. so true

Bush's theft proved it.

[BlueinOhio]

11. The machines

That's my worry. Nothing has been done about the voting machines. They can be hacked. The man who was to testify before congress about the GOP hiring him for the software died in an airplane crash. Someone said it wouldn't matter if the polls show a large lead, but it is easy to have polls reflect whatever you want.