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2012 presidential election, bain capital, barack obama, electoral politics, medicare, mitt romney, paul ryan, republican vice presidential candidates, romney tax returns, romneycare, ryan budget
In July, I analyzed the contenders for the Republican vice presidential nomination. Please read that post here. I plan to make another post in the next few days giving my choice for who, after some additional reflection, I think Romney should have picked. Stay tuned.
Romney will be making his pick this morning in Norfolk, Virginia. Sources are saying that Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan will be Romney’s running mate. I dismissed Ryan in my original post because of his budget plan, which was poorly received by the electorate and framed by Democrats as radically conservative. The budget would end Medicare as we know it and create a voucher program in its place. This will obviously not play well with Florida’s senior citizens (or any senior citizens for that matter), and Romney will need to win the Sunshine State if he is going to defeat President Obama.
The timing of the announcement is interesting. Most pundits believed that Romney would wait until after the Olympics to make his pick, ensuring that the announcement would receive full media attention. After hearing that Romney would ignore this and announce before the Closing Ceremonies, I instantly believed that Congressman Ryan would be the pick (even before the news that sources were claiming Ryan would be the running mate).