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United States Vice President 2012 (view source)
Revision as of 16:33, August 11, 2012
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== The Republican Nominee ==
[[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.
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|[[Paul Ryan]]
|Known widely, has a strong command of economic issues, is young and energetic, is likely to defeat his opponent [[Joe Biden]] in any debates, and has been tested by the media more so than other candidates. Ryan is likely to attract a substantial bloc of Irish voters to the ticket. Ryan has a [[pro-life]] voting record. Makes [[Wisconsin]] -- a key [[swing state]] -- winnable for Romney.
|Ryan's [[Medicare]] proposals attract criticism and could become fodder for negative ads by the [[Dems]] - but that may help Romney by reminding voters of the economic issues. Also, Ryan himself is not that popular with voters and chose not to win a [[U.S. Senate]] seat in Wisconsin, but perhaps that does not matter in a V.P. (as the unpopular [[Dick Cheney]] demonstrated).
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