The article fails to mention an important aspect to the Ryan pick:
Ryan is a fighter, and there is no doubt he will take the fight directly to Obama.
The fact that Romney picked a fighter means he’s a fighter too, and isn’t going to lay down and surrender the way McCain did.
I know what some are thinking, that McCain too picked a fighter VP and then not only surrendered but muzzled Palin to enable his own surrender.
But there’s a big difference. First of all, McCain didn’t pick Palin as a fighter, he picked her as a woman. He wanted a pair of high heels on his ticket and when Palin tried to be more than that, she was immediately shut down by her handlers.
Ryan is being picked as a fighter. I predict there are going to be no Romney handlers trying to hold Ryan back.
We are going to see a real knock-down drag out fight. It won’t be a fair fight (Obama has the entire media establishment on his side) but it will be a real fight. Unlike McCain’s faux fight.
Good post. ITA
Yes, this will be a heavyweight fight. God forbid we lose, but if we do, there will no option left but to prepare yourself and your family for hard economic times, including a future with no Social Security or Medicare benefits.
Romney/Ryan needs to be very clear on the choices we have. Then if they win, they have a mandate to propose the hard choices. If they lose, they will have kept the integrity of the GOP intact and no one can claim “we didn’t know” it was this bad.
He made Obama look dumb in the Obamacare debate and proposed a budget that starts to make sense. Therefore, the left sees him as dangerous.