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Romney’s already managed to pick a better candidate for the Republican ticket than the Republican primary voters were able to. Which is ironic to say the least. Judging by this we can trust Romney more than we can trust the average Republican voter. Which is scary to say the least.

I was talking to a friend earlier today who brought up an interesting and thought provoking idea. To paraphrase, Ryan's pick doesn't pass the smell test. Romney is a proven elitist, has never come out in support of conservatives much less Tea Party conservatives. Few Tea Party or conservative leaders have endorsed him. Why would Romney have picked such an outspoken Tea Party conservative as VP? Was it to energize the conservatives/Tea Party voters? Perhaps.

But Romney's a puppet of the GOP-e. Boehner is part of that cadre. By selecting Ryan, the GOP-e has removed the heavy hitting Tea Party chair from the Budget Committee and the powerful Ways and Means committee. Boehner, as House Speaker, is who picks those in the select committees (i.e., the Budget Committee and the Ways and Means). And now Ryan can both be silenced in the House and replaced on committes with a RINO, taking away Tea Party leadership there.

Quite possible a reason.

But Romney's a puppet of the GOP-e. Boehner is part of that cadre. By selecting Ryan, the GOP-e has removed the heavy hitting Tea Party chair from the Budget Committee and the powerful Ways and Means committee. Boehner, as House Speaker, is who picks those in the select committees (i.e., the Budget Committee and the Ways and Means). And now Ryan can both be silenced in the House and replaced

That parallels my thoughts when it was announced that Ryan would be the VP pick.

It was to marganalize him, and at the same time make people think that Romney would go along with Ryan's tea party principles. Not by a long shot.

I imagine that Romney's thugs are right now backstabbing Ryan and his values.

And maybe McCain is helping, just like Mitt did with Palin; sending his team to McCain to destroy as much Tea Party ideals and Conservativism as they could.

By selecting Ryan, the GOP-e has removed the heavy hitting Tea Party chair from the Budget Committee and the powerful Ways and Means committee. Boehner, as House Speaker, is who picks those in the select committees (i.e., the Budget Committee and the Ways and Means). And now Ryan can both be silenced in the House and replaced on committes with a RINO, taking away Tea Party leadership there.

You make a point and then negate it in the very next sentence. If Boehner originally picked Ryan to be on those committees, knowing he was a TEA partytype, it means he didn't care that he was a TEA party type before, why would he care now?

If we lose the presidential election, Paul Ryan will still win his House seat back, assuming he doesn’t voluntarily withdraw from that ballot. If we win the election, he becomes a huge, prominent leader in the Republican party. Whether we win or lose, Ryan’s likely to be a future Republican presidential candidate. So I can’t see how this is a way to diminish him. Plus I think Romney has been running the Republican party since well before the primary due to his big money connections. He has no reason to take orders from Boehner.

This is a smart strategic pick by Romney. Ultimately I think Romney is simply an ambitious guy who wants the power and status of the presidency. If his path to getting it is to be more conservative, then he’ll do it. He knew he had to rally the base now and he did what it took to do it. He picked a guy who is probably the most well-liked by the base but who isn’t also the kind of street-fighter who is hated by the buttoned-up establishment, e.g. Palin, West, Trump and Gingrich.