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Ryan Being Vetted for VP
National Review Online ^ | June 22, 2012 | Robert Costa

Posted on 06/22/2012 4:38:54 PM PDT by GeorgeWashingtonsGhost

I’m reliably informed that Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the Budget Committee chairman, has submitted paperwork to the Romney campaign. Sources confirm that he is being vetted for the vice-presidential nomination.

Ryan, one of the GOP’s brightest young stars, is clearly a favorite of Romney allies. But some top Republican officials are wary of plucking him from the House, where he is the party’s most influential voice on fiscal issues.

Earlier this week, Romney campaigned with Ryan in Janesville, Wis., Ryan’s hometown. Ryan previously stumped for Romney in late March and early April, ahead of Wisconsin’s Republican presidential primary.


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Wisconsin
KEYWORDS: 2012; 2012veep; campaign; paulryan2012; romney; romney2012; ryan
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To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost; Hunton Peck; Diana in Wisconsin; P from Sheb; Shady; DonkeyBonker; ...

Wisconsin Paul Ryan ping

FReep Mail me if you want on, or off, this Wisconsin interest ping list.


41 posted on 06/22/2012 5:50:33 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: ought-six

Rubio’s a turncoat.


42 posted on 06/22/2012 5:52:59 PM PDT by GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
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To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost

His hair doesn’t hold a candle to his beautiful blue eyes (and I’m no 20 something bimbo).


43 posted on 06/22/2012 5:53:13 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost

Ryan should remain in the House and either be Speaker, or Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee.


44 posted on 06/22/2012 6:06:23 PM PDT by MuttTheHoople (Obama doesnÂ’t have the work ethic to be Anti-Christ.)
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To: MuttTheHoople

IMHO, Pawlenty certainly won’t excite the base and I doubt Ryan will either in spite of his fiscal acumen. They won’t play well in the south.


45 posted on 06/22/2012 6:16:35 PM PDT by varina davis (A real American patriot -- Gov. Rick Perry)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I am sure names will be leaked up to the convention...purposely.


46 posted on 06/22/2012 6:17:10 PM PDT by goodnesswins (What has happened to America?)
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To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost

I really like Paul Ryan, but we really need him in the House. The GOP “leadership” in the House of Representatives are a bunch of castrated cowards. Ryan is the only one of the bunch with some courage. We’d be wasting his talent making him Vice-President.


47 posted on 06/22/2012 6:21:52 PM PDT by Astronaut
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To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost

Ryan (if he would take the job) would be sorely missed in Congress by those of us who really love what he’s doing there. I don’t know if he would be a greater asset to conservatism as VP, or not - but let’s see what he says.


48 posted on 06/22/2012 6:34:38 PM PDT by Ron C.
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To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost
I like Ryan, and it would make a great bumper sticker too...

Decision 2012
Romney & Ryan
or
O & Joe LYIN?

49 posted on 06/22/2012 6:35:37 PM PDT by domeika
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To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost

Well, like with Sarah Palin or Marco Rubio, i don’t want to see our rising stars pushed out front before they’re ready.

But, as for Paul Ryan, i like the cut of his jib!!


50 posted on 06/22/2012 6:58:20 PM PDT by americas.best.days...
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To: americas.best.days...
Well, like with Sarah Palin or ......don’t want to see our rising stars pushed out front before they’re ready.

Shove it, clueless newbie.

51 posted on 06/22/2012 8:55:03 PM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: dandiegirl

Saw it too. Greatness! If only we had more that spoke like Lou Dobbs, instead of Rubio with his we are all human. Well, duh, just some don’t break the law over and over and over.


52 posted on 06/22/2012 9:59:23 PM PDT by cutexx
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To: Clintonfatigued; Impy; unkus; DarthVader

I think either you or Josh Mandel will be the VP pick...my darkhorse pick is Al Roker.


53 posted on 06/22/2012 10:13:54 PM PDT by GOPsterinMA (The Glove don't fit.)
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To: GeorgeWashingtonsGhost

Ryan works for me ... really well.

I heard yesterday it was Pawlenty, though.

Definitely not Rubio this time... Romney doesn’t need the controversy.


54 posted on 06/22/2012 10:39:26 PM PDT by altura
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To: nhoward14

Don’t worry about it. She’s still the most gorgeous woman on television. She’s in that awful show about the cranky female lab woman who does autopsies.


55 posted on 06/22/2012 10:43:25 PM PDT by altura
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To: presently no screen name

Not my fight, but what a rude pointless thing to say to someone who made a sensible remark.

And it really irks me when the first thing a poster does is look at a signup date and call someone newbie.


56 posted on 06/22/2012 10:46:42 PM PDT by altura
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To: afraidfortherepublic
His hair doesn’t hold a candle to his beautiful blue eyes (and I’m no 20 something bimbo).

But what about his ideas? You know, the vision thing?

57 posted on 06/22/2012 10:49:25 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: cynwoody

His ideas and his vision are the icing on the cake, or the meat of the argument, depending upon the metaphor you prefer. But, you can’t taste the icing until he grabs your attention with his good looks.


58 posted on 06/23/2012 12:53:06 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: altura

YOU should WHINE about what irks you when your support the defenseless being killed? Shut your trap, mittbot.


59 posted on 06/23/2012 12:53:41 AM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: presently no screen name; GeorgeWashingtonsGhost; altura

When you insult, instead of offering a counter argument, you appear base and desperate. Your point, no matter how valid, is disregarded by EVERY observer.


60 posted on 06/23/2012 3:34:01 AM PDT by Toadman (To piss off a conservative, tell a lie. To piss off a liberal, tell the truth.)
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