[TexasCajun]

Works for me.

[ryan71]

It’s a fine morning.

[carjic]

I like Ryan. But he is a part of the establishment. He is a go along to get along guy and won’t rock the boat. And VP’s don’t anyway so this is no big deal. Mitt is still just ABO. Big WOOP!

[Diogenesis]

Conservatives do not need a “bridge”.

We need a real conservative as POTUS.

A “bridge” means two things.
First, Mr. RomneyCARE is in the wrong party.
Second, he will defer to the DNC on his next act.

[DManA]

Nonsense. Withing a campaign the nominee is a dictator. The VP has only as much influence as the candidate allows him.

The only bridge Romney can build to conservatives is adopt and FIGHT for our issues.

[SeminoleCounty]

Very good move selecting Ryan

Now, as long as the Liberal RINOs do not try to sabotage the decision, like they still do with Sarah Palin....Ann Romney can run Rafalca all over the White House grounds in a few months.

[arthurus]

It is a symbolic on-ramp to the Romney Socialist Highway, maybe a bridge like the on-ramps to I-10 in Louisiana. What is a symbolic figure going to do for Conservatism in a Romney administration? I voted for McCain because of Palin but realize now that would only reduced her effectiveness for Conservatism.

[baddog 219]

[Salvation]

What Catholic Vote said about Paul Ryan yesterday:

 

Paul Ryan, Representative from Wisconsin's 1st District  

Life
Co-sponsored the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act.

Voted to amend the health care law so that no federal funds may be used to pay for any part of any healthcare plan that offers abortion coverage.

Voted for the Abortion Pain Bill and the Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act.

Voted to prohibit partial birth abortion.

Marriage
Voted for a resolution proposing a constitutional amendment that would define marriage as the union between one man and one woman.

Voted against repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.

Religious liberty
Voted for the Religious Liberty Protection Act of 1999.

On the HHS mandate: “This is much, much bigger than about contraception. This is about religious freedom, First Amendment rights, and how this progressive philosophy of fungible rights of a living breathing constitution really clashes and collides with these core rights that we built our society and country around.”

Embryonic life
Voted against the Stem Cell Research Act of 2007, which would have required the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to conduct and support research on embryonic stem cells.

Voted in favor of developing methods to produce stem cells without using human embryos.

School choice
Voted in favor for school vouchers in Washington, D.C.

[Gator113]

Romney remains Romney, but this is seen by me as a step in the right direction.

At least Romney didn’t pick Pawlenty, Saintorum, Rice or Bush.....color me surprised.

Still, there is a word I miss and long for. A word that makes me stand and smile.... that word I would have rather heard today is....... “LIPSTICK”.

[Little Ray]

Yep. Never saw this coming. Mitt threw us a bone. It even still had some meat on it.
Nice of him.

[taxcontrol]

Too little, to late

[tumblindice]

Sensing disgruntled FR cranks, Paul Ryan risked revealing his true identity and used his gruntlement vision:

[YHAOS]

"Ryan Seen As Romney’s Bridge To Conservatives"

Is that Romney's sole reason for picking Ryan? It appears to have been McCain's sole reason for picking Palin. How Romneys' campaign acts towards Ryan will tell us a lot, just as did McCain's campaign.