Posted on 08/12/2012 12:12:06 PM PDT by RaisingCain
Romney spokeswoman Sarah Pompei said Saturday that the candidate “applauds” Ryan’s ideas, but intends to issue his own blueprint for reshaping the federal budget. After Romney’s speech introducing Ryan, advisers said the former Massachusetts governor has no intention of being handcuffed to all the specifics of Ryan’s plans — though he has said in the past that he’d sign Ryan’s budget if passed by Congress.
“He has said it moves us in the right direction. He has said that if it’s sent to him, he would sign it. And he has said that he will put forward his own plan,” said one senior Romney adviser. “He is the presidential candidate.”
It’s not clear whether Romney will address his differences of opinion with Ryan, whatever they may be, in any depth between now and Nov. 6, or whether he’ll detail a debt-reduction proposal with the same degree of specificity as Ryan’s. Romney evidently hopes to benefit from Ryan’s brand as a fiscal warrior, without handing Democrats a gift-wrapped attack line to drive conservative-leaning senior citizens away from the GOP.
That may be easier said than done. Introducing Ryan in Norfolk, Va., Romney touted the Wisconsin lawmaker’s fiscal expertise and vowed that he’d protect entitlement programs as president. He called for “bold, specific and achievable” fiscal policies, but did not mention Ryan’s budget by name.
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It’s been suggested that a big part of picking Ryan was to get him out of the congress.
You seem to assume Politico is telling the truth. That’s not a good idea. Don’t be blinded by your Romney-hate like so many here.
You seem to assume Politico is telling the truth. That’s not a good idea. Don’t be blinded by your Romney-hate like so many here.
You seem to assume Politico is telling the truth. That’s not a good idea. Don’t be blinded by your Romney-hate like so many here.
You seem to assume Politico is telling the truth. That’s not a good idea. Don’t be blinded by your Romney-hate like so many here.
Oh, what the hell?
WRONG. I read the QUOTE from Romney’s SPOKESMAN. Try again before the obligatory RNC Inquisition Routine. Everybody DOES EXPECT YOU at this point.
To prove how incorrect Politico is watch the millions the DNC will spend on attacking one issue about Ryan- his budget.
Anybody but Obama.
Really?
Who suggested this?
“The one thing that can be trusted above all is that Obama is a communist from childhood who learned everything he knows at the knee of a communist and is out to destroy this country.
Anybody but Obama.”
Can we put the ABO! ABO! ABO! ranting to rest for this thread? I know questions about Mittens and questions about the official GOPe narrative are discouraged by Romney operatives, but let’s at least have ONE rational thread around here.
Ignore the second sentence to my rant. Pay close attention to the first.
“It’s been suggested that a big part of picking Ryan was to get him out of the congress.”
Ugh, so they get to hold up Ryan as a nice shiny prop to appease the base, while at the same time it is an attack against our interests? Politics is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
IMO, the major portion of Ryan’s plus, is his budget plans.
If Romney were to cut Ryan off at the knees, that would end the biggest benefit he could give to him.
Imagine the debates, with Ryan unable to touch on his best asset when debating Biden.
Ryan is dead set against Obamacare too, and much of it based on the negative budget impact.
Romney team will do better if they’re a moving target. Anything GOP candidates solidly commit to gets ripped to shreds by media.
I wouldn’t pay too much attention to posturing at this point in time.
NO we cannot put that to rest....because we are REALISTS...we will work our arses off on the House and Senate campaigns....how many of you here are Precinct Committee People.....HUH???? How many? I’m tired of the B***hing...
As for getting Ryan out of Congress, he should refuse to resign until after they win the election. McCain never tossed his Senate seat.
Once Ryan is VP, good luck shutting him up then. His voice will be even louder. Romney would want to run in 2016. If he gets cute that just might die on the vine.
.. oral arguments from the Debbie Wasserman Downer contingent on FR.
“Can we put the ABO! ABO! ABO! ranting to rest for this thread? I know questions about Mittens and questions about the official GOPe narrative are discouraged by Romney operatives, but let’s at least have ONE rational thread around here.”
So are you saying that obama is not a Communist? Or are you saying it doesn't matter?
I can't believe people here would let a Communist remain in the White House by putting politics above their country.
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