"Do no harm"?

[bdtex]

If Willard had picked Pawlenty,by Monday there would've been nothing to talk about regarding his VP choice. We'd still be talking about his tax returns but otherwise he could've made the topic anything else he wanted to talk about. Instead,the topic this week and for much of the rest of the campaign will be The Ryan Plan,SS,Medicare,how tax cuts will even further lower Willard's unknown but already low tax rate. Willard said yesterday that he has his own plan but he hasn't provided any details because he said he learned his lesson in 1994 running against Ted Kennedy. The Ryan Plan has a few details in it and Willard has embraced The Ryan Plan. GOPs wanna play the rest of the game on Democratic turf? GOPs miss T-Paw yet?

 

[NightSwimmer]

I disagree. I still want to see the tax returns. This issue won't just "go away".

 

[bdtex]

"We'd still be talking about his tax returns..."

 

[Mytzlplk]

so true BD. That's the only benefit the Ryan pick provided imo -- no more tax record talk for awhile, or least the dominance of it.

 

[tobaccoroad]

There's the little question and enigma surrounding Barry's foreign student status at Columbia and his independent study in Poly Sci, in lieu of classroom work and letter grades, working for Bill Ayers in Ayers's Greenwich Village bomb factory, we, on this side of the aisle, would like to peruse, and considering that Barry is four years LATE in providing this info, we believe that's due first.

 

[OldGaffer]

Did RMoney release his college transcripts? How about 12 years of tax returns? Have you even asked to see his long form birth certificate, what if he was born in Mexico?

 

[bdtex]

Good luck with that PJCon. I'm sure Willard/Ryan will do well running on that.

 

[jammer]

You know, I was going to reply to Wackybaccy, but decided that the post was just too full of bullcrap to even bother. I hope the Double R team picks up on all of Wacky's points and runs with them, they might carry Utah.

 

[MrPinko]

The Ryan choice is a collossal f**kup and furthers to hand the election to Obama. The usual routine is that the VP nominee, when added to the ticket, falls in line to support the nominee's policies and plans. But since Romney offers so much that is vague, rather than concrete, he apparently has decided that (while surrendering to the right flank) he wants to discuss Ryan's budget plans.

Why the hell does a guy that already has cemented his image of being out-of-touch with the Middle Class want to spend the next three months defending/discussing Ryan's draconian cuts, many of them directed at the middle class? Romney is again...a walking disaster.

I like SOME of what Ryan is proposing, certainly not all, and I firmly support slicing into the all-holy defense budget, that should be an integral part of slashing spending.

So...Romney shored up his base with Ryan to get the far-right interested again, but I just don't see how he gets even a tiny bump with moderates, independents, and doesn't even begin to slightly tap into Obama's hardcore base.

I say Romey is already done.

 

[NightSwimmer]

I can only assume that Mitt is reaching out to the masochist vote?

 

[bdtex]

It's a complete mystery to me Mr. P. Since Pawlenty dropped out of the race he's been Romney's best surrogate. He's not afraid to make appearances on networks other than FOXNews too. Until Friday night,I was sure it was Pawlenty.