Hey, GOP: Stop Fainting Over Paul Ryan as a Possible Veep Choice
Rep. could help Romney win entitlement reform fights.
If you are a Republican political consultant, you are almost professionally obliged to be shocked and appalled at the prospect of Rep. Paul Ryan as Mitt Romney's running mate.
With reliable reports that Ryan's on Romney's short-short list, the weeping and rending of garments among the Republican political class has already begun. You mean, they lament, he's going to pick the Republican who embodies messing around with entitlements? The chairman of the House Budget Committee, for God's sake?
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They probably want to win the election. Stupid political consultants!
I have no problem with Ryan, precisely because he's willing to talk about entitlements. He may be wrong but he seems the only one willing to have the conversation.