Saturday Night Political Analysis – Paul Ryan in the Press

The key thing to watch with Mitt Romney’s choice of Paul Ryan as the GOP VP nominee is how the traditional media covers Ryan Economics. Ryan has a reputation as being “serious” and it’s true that he actually put his (or rather, our) money where his mouth is, in that he came up with a semblance of an actual budget. It’s more detailed than any economic plan put forth by Mittens, who sure loves his vagueries. Indeed, Romney is already backing away from Ryan’s plan. He wants to keep the supposed principles in place without offering any of the details. But the Paul Ryan economic plan is only serious in that it contains actual numbers. As far as a rational plan for economic growth, it’s bonkers, and Paul Ryan is full of faulty logic and overt hypocrisy.

Romney - Ryan 2012

Romney – Ryan 2012 (Photo credit: DonkeyHotey)

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Veep Front-Runners in Verse

Cassandracarolina’s “Vetting The Veep: Your Complete Guide (In Limerick Form)” at DailyKos makes some nice points, but doesn’t deal with most of the Republican front-runners very specifically, so…

English: elephants

English: elephants (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

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