tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post5588709316818793889..comments2024-03-29T04:06:37.402-07:00Comments on Had Enough Therapy?: Paul Ryan: The Un-RomneyStuart Schneidermanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12784043736879991769noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-61901114779554817362012-08-13T05:57:13.740-07:002012-08-13T05:57:13.740-07:00Romney is not my first, second or third choice for...Romney is not my first, second or third choice for President. I see him more as the Un-Obama. <br />The selection of Ryan is a good one and demonstrates that Romney is thinking strategically as well as on a tactical level. First, by not picking a sitting Senator they up the chances of taking the Senate. Second, by selecting a person who has continually produced a budget, something that the Democrat Senate has avoided like a vampire avoids holy water, that was meant to be a starting point to dealing with the issues of the debt, fiscal malaise, and economic woes we face. NOTE: One wonders how we are ever going to solve problems if we are just going to "kick the can down the road" as Obama and the Democrats have done. There appears to be no "there" there other than to demo gouging for a party I once belonged to, An aside: Where are the "Scoop Jacksons?"<br />Third, we need to have that national dialogue about the size, reach and power we give to a central government. NOTE: I emphasize "WE" and not the government. Executive Orders that seem to by pass the legislative branch's responsibility are more "King" than presidential.<br />This campaign looks like the adults agains't the children who seem to only have name calling and gutter politics as to a serious well thought out plan to address the problems we face. We need something more than "gauzy" language. Dennishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14962996070458991675noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-25755114268290049372012-08-12T20:42:46.512-07:002012-08-12T20:42:46.512-07:00Rahm wouldn't know likeability if it slapped h...Rahm wouldn't know likeability if it slapped him in the face, which it should.Sam L.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078379512095504946.post-76008559216252636232012-08-12T20:37:19.436-07:002012-08-12T20:37:19.436-07:00I'm an ideologue, but I preferred Christie to ...I'm an ideologue, but I preferred Christie to Ryan. Christie is the tops for pugnacity, fluency and entertainment value and he's a natural chief executive. A career in Congress a la Ryan is a negative qualification for the Presidency in my book.<br /><br />But I gotta admit the Romney/Ryan optics look good - 2 healthy, sunny family men who like each other and ooze competence. A tad boring, perhaps, and Ryan's hokie side does nothing for me. But the contrast with Obama/Biden - the look, the chemistry, the discipline - resonates at a gut level.<br /><br />Moreover the video clips do suggest that Ryan has already transcended his resume. A united base is crucial to max the turn-out.. Ryan does that. Contrast diffidence or apathy in almost every identity group which voted for Obama in 2008.<br /><br />Landslide, methinks.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11610216459168823816noreply@blogger.com