Short Term Ryan Will Boost RMoneys Poll Numbers......

[rsmith6621]

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....2 to 3% for a couple of weeks and then the Bain and Tax issue will resurface or something that aint so kosher about Ryan will come out.

[Bjorn Against]

1. If Ryan is the pick Medicare will instantly become the big issue of the campaign

Unfortunately for Romney the Ryan plan for Medicare is extremely unpopular and I would not be at all surprised if this issue results in an instant drop in the polls for Romney.

[Thrill]

2. Why? He's a congressman. Who has never run a statewide election

[Marsala]

4. Because the right wing is madly in love with him

Romney feels that he needs a "game changer", and I guess his advisers convinced him that Donald Trump and Tim Tebow would be a bit too reckless.

[Cosmocat]

7. And by extension, the "liberal media"

The chattering class is going to do a month long circle jerk over him being a STAR - what they derided President Obama as for two months four years ago.

Then, that he voted for everything Bush did to create most of the problems his budget is supposed to solve, and that his "serious" budget will not balance until 2028 will be unavoidable.

He is Palin light, and it will come out. He won't be THAT bad, but other than looking good with his flip hair cut and 30 second sound bits babbling about tax cuts and undefined cutting of spending, the fact that he is an intellectual lightweight twit will shine over time.

[Thrill]

8. Conservatives weren't going to vote for Obama anyway

I fail to see how this pick helps Mittens win Independent voters

[Drunken Irishman]

3. It might ... it might not.

He's not going to get near the buzz as Sarah Palin because he's an awkward looking white male.

[Marsala]

5. Ryan being picked is good news... for John McCain!

It makes his own pick of Sarah Palin look a bit less reckless in comparison.

A bit.

[davidpdx]

6. The issue that is going to come out is that Ryan voted for TARP & the auto bailout

The teabaggers are going to shit their pants. He may seem like their golden boy, but he's a snake in sheep's clothing.