| | [[Mitt Romney]] selected [[Paul Ryan]] for [[Vice President]] on the morning of August 11, 2012, making Ryan one of the youngest Vice Presidential nominees in history. In choosing Ryan, Romney is challenging the [[Democrats]] to make the economy the central issue of the campaign. | | [[Mitt Romney]] selected [[Paul Ryan]] for [[Vice President]] on the morning of August 11, 2012, making Ryan one of the youngest Vice Presidential nominees in history. In choosing Ryan, Romney is challenging the [[Democrats]] to make the economy the central issue of the campaign. |
| − | In choosing Ryan, Romney passed over these [[conservatives]]: [[Allen West]], [[John Kasich]], [[Bob McDonnell]], [[Rand Paul]], [[Scott Walker]], [[Michele Bachmann]], and [[Marco Rubio]]. Romney also passed over these candidates, each of whom would have been stronger than Ryan: [[Chris Christie]], [[Rick Santorum]], and [[Newt Gingrich]].
| + | Romney passed over these [[conservatives]]: [[Allen West]], [[John Kasich]], [[Bob McDonnell]], [[Rand Paul]], [[Scott Walker]], [[Michele Bachmann]], and [[Marco Rubio]]. Romney also passed over these candidates, each of whom would have been stronger than Ryan: [[Chris Christie]], [[Kelly Ayotte]], [[Rick Santorum]], and [[Newt Gingrich]]. |