Is it me or has the media shifted a bit since they early interviews with VP-nominated Ryan? I think the media realizes that it is goin to be Romney/Ryan and they are scared $hitless that they will be made to look foolish when conducting and interview with Ryan and/or in press conferences. He's a detailed oriented policy wonk and the media doesn't read anything past the talking points. Hence, the media folks don't know the actual details of Obama's policies and Ryan's plans.
I don’t know the reason, but the fact is that VPs are rarely factors in a decision as big as ending the Obama-worship. His selection may have played a role in helping them determine that the upper midwest would go to Romney/Ryan (thus putting re-election out of reach for Obama), but I don’t really know.
The media probably would have preferred Obama pick another VP just to get some kind of excitement on a tried-and-failed, boring administration. I can’t believe the number of people (not just “regular Joes”, but also people in the media) that have admitted that they don’t listen to Obama’s speeches anymore. While he may have advanced their agenda, he is in fact boring and repetitive and hollow; he can only be as exciting as the teleprompter will allow (really)