>As has been widely speculated the past few days, Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin is Mitt Romney's choice as VP. He is the House budget director and a leading voice of sharp spending cuts to balance the budget. Reportedly Mitt's short list consisted of more moderate choices from battleground states until the Tea Party and other hard right Republicans pushed hard for Ryan. Of course, Wisconsin is itself a battleground state.
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>Thoughts?

Now that Mitt has been made officially the candidate,
over here the press focused as much on Ryan as on Mitt following the convention.

After the blunders over most focus is on the fact that he did not energize more than his running mate,
and that he could not create a message even when alone on stage.
More praise for his wife than fir him - but our press is mostly on the more left side, esp. when seen from US POV.
Picturing him against Obama in debates does not call forth the wish to bet on him winning in Nov...