Romney has given a gift to the party—a great future leader who is focused on the one issue that is in the process of dumping the country straight into the dustbin of history (=out of control deficit spending).
He has given a gift to himself—assassination protection since his enemies hate Ryan more than they hate thim.
If true this is a brilliant move on all fronts—and some folks on FR may have to rethink their negative view on Romney.
This is his first big real decision—and it is an outstanding one.
If it is true that romney has picked Paul Ryan, he might actually receive the formal endorsement of Sarah Palin. And if THAT happens, that’s all she wrote because the TEA Party will kick a$$.
So what was the point of the whole tea party thing?
We ended up with Romney who pretty much invented Obamacare and was pro choice until last week.
And in his first big decision he picks someone who voted for TARP, Medicare Part D, NCLB, the Auto Bailout, all of W’s bloated budgets, basically every expansion of the fedl govt that took place under W he voted for, never said a word while W was doubling the natl debt, a guy who voted with Bush 95% of the time, a guy who has been in DC for 15 years and is a career establishment insider and politician, and whose big selling point is a budget that doesn’t balance until 2035 and keeps spending levels far higher than they were under Clinton.
Romney and Ryan are as establishment and as insider as you can get. Representing the very establishment the tea party is fighting against.
They’re popping the champagne corks in the beltway today.