It also helps that someone on the ticket disagrees with Obama.
I have mixed feelings on the matter. I like Ryan. If mitt wins we lose a valuable Conservative in the Congress. But we gain a powerful tie-breaking vote in the Senate in the event we don't get enough Conservative senators in this time around.
My local and state GOP candidates are excellent Conservatives, and with Ryan on the ticket it's like having a big icecream sundae, but with mitt at the top, it's like somebody came by and plopped a moose pellet where the cherry was supposed to go.
Sure you want to eat the rest of the sundae because it only comes around every four years, but how much do you have to scoop off the top in order to not eat any of the moose taint?