Terrible choice for Virginia.

Anyone who has seen my Facebook postings for the last 6 to 8 months knows that I am a huge Paul Ryan fan. I have asked anyone who will listen to listen to this man if they want to promote the salvation of America as we know it. Paul Ryan is the real deal. He is without a doubt one of the smartest men in Washington, a patriot and one of the only grownups willing to tell the truth.

Paul Ryan IS the new face of the conservative movement. I am thrilled !

BTW. BO you are the dim bulb in the room today. Actually you are the dim bulb every day.

Sends a pretty clear message of where his priorities lie – the federal budget and economic issues.

Which isn’t “sexy”, of course – there’s a segment of America that would rather he named “Snooki” – but his expertise is precisely what’s needed in the Executive Branch. His willingness to tell hard truths might not make for good election politics, but I’d rather hear unpleasant truths than pretty lies.

Would love to see Ryan debate Obama on budget issues – they might’ve had to invoke the “mercy rule” …

Romney is apparently betting that there are enough adult voters that understand that we must have Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security reform and just can not sustain the status quo. (In my own humble opinion, Ryan’s plan does not go far enough, however, it is the best thing out there)

Unfortunately, I am just not sure that there are enough voters out there that will not fall for the hyperbole about throwing grandma over the cliff

Actually, among all the potential VP-candidate picks out there, I think Ryan will be the best at explaining the reform proposals in the clearest terms to the public at large. In fact, I am betting he will start doing so immediately and will surely do it in spades right in front of Biden’s platitudinal nose during the VP debate. You’ve got one guy who understands business, enterpeneurship, and investing and another guy who has the facts down cold on government fiscal policy and programs against two chaps who are weak on both, other than trying to use scare tactics on the “knuckleheads” — as the First Lady recently called reluctant voters.

Ok, a mea culpa coming… I was just informed that AG Cuccinelli is out of town this weekend for a long-standing family event that he could not have missed. So my apolgies for casting aspersions toward Mr. Bolling…

Don’t underestimate Biden. He can demagogue with the best of them.

If Romney wants to take on Obama, he must not concur with what Obama says but, rather, make his own stances and points. The tough part is calling Obama out when he lies or half-truths. There is nothing wrong with saying “you are dead wrong” or “that’s a lie”. No guts-no glory!

Re press conferences:

Makes me long for “the good old days” when John Kennedy held them.
The great banter between the reporters and the President were quite entertaining.

>How is this risky move good news for social conservatives?<

I'd say it's addition by subtraction – certainly a Justice Department, HHS, etc, that's less ideologically driven, future Supreme (and other Federal) Court nominees, and a more moderate Executive branch that would be far more centrist than the current regime would be of benefit to those who identify themselves as "social conservatives."

Anyway, given the absolutely reckless and feckless spending trajectory we're on, economic issues *must* be the dominant issue for anyone who's thinking about the long-term interests of the U.S. While there are plenty of wedge issues the President has been exploiting to energize his base, economics are precisely why the Republicans nominated Romney – if social conservatives ran things, there'd be a different name on the ticket, no doubt.

The sad thing is, as big a mess as the current President inherited – (as a former Senator, he and his colleagues share much of that blame, though they'd never admit that) – the President not only kicked the can down the road, he doubled down. The mess he'll leave the next President and Congress will be even worse than what he found when he came in, and even harder to solve.

I cringe everytime I hear him deriding of the "return to the policies that got us in this mess in the first place" – the policies that got us into this mess are feel-good social spending programs that weren't paid for, and redistributionist housing policies that encouraged everyone, and I mean, everyone, to buy a home, policies he supported and encouraged (I notice his participation in the Citibank redlining lawsuit has somehow never been mentioned on the television news), and has doubled-down on such spending and policies. Not all of our spending problems are his fault, or Democrat's fault, to be sure. He just has shown no interest, at all, in confronting those problems, more interested in paying off his base than confronting the mountain of debt we (aren't) facing (and that's without even talking about the unfunded liabilities of SSI, Medicaid, and other pension-funds that, when defaulted, will fall onto the taxpayer's shoulders.)

That said, given the American electorate's decided preference for kicking the can, too, I wouldn't be all that surprised to see him re-elected.

That’s the point, Jacob. Why are you celebrating? Social conservatives just got kicked to the curb with a Ryan selection.

Sorry, Ed; but, when your house is in bad shape, the first task is to shore it up and restore it to solidity. Nothing else matters until that chore is completed.

I wonder how many dead people, dogs, cats, illegal aliens, cartoon characters, etc. will vote for them?

The Usurper would not have won without them.

Social Conservatives got kicked to the curb?

Ed is living in his alternate universe again.

Prepping Biden for the VP debate will surely include making sure he understands thoroughly in which state the debate is taking place. Biden seems to be geographically challenged — sort of like Tim Kaine’s believing that Virginia borders Delaware and Obama’s travel to all 57 states.

No, wait! You don’t suppose Biden blew the plan to have loyal Dems vote in Danville, Virginia, and then skip across the border to vote again in North Carolina?!!!!

The Usurper said, “57 states, plus the two I haven’t visited yet, Alaska and Hawaii.”

So that’s actually 59 states that I’ve been trying to find since 2008 without success.

He’s a Harvard graduate, he can’t be wrong.

He did go to Harvard, didn’t he?

The Justice department has sued every state that has attempted to require an ID before voting. Of course, Holder and the Usurper dropped all charges against the Black Panthers for voter intimidation and more in the 2008 election. Opens the doors for worse fraud, intimidation and who knows what.

You guys are arguing with Ed. That is akin to arguing with a bag of quarters.

Ed’s knowledge of Paul Ryan is in direct proprtion to Obamas knowledge of economics.