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Will the Veep Debate Help Ryan Get His Mojo Back?
The Fiscal Times ^ | October 9, 2012 | Josh Boak

Posted on 10/09/2012 11:37:17 AM PDT by Zakeet

By drafting House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan as his running mate, Mitt Romney thought he was adding a franchise player to the GOP ticket.

The Wisconsin congressman came across as a serious-minded wonk with washboard abs. Over the previous two years, he showed an ability to both charm the beltway chattering class and excite the Joe Six-Packs. His warnings about the all-consuming expense of entitlements like Medicare made him an intellectual adversary of President Obama.

But two months into running for vice president, he’s lost his golden boy sheen. Thursday’s debate showdown against Vice President Joe Biden may give Ryan an opportunity to regain that luster. Just as Romney breathed life back into the campaign with a stunning takedown of Obama last week, Ryan needs to demonstrate that he’s a compassionate cost-cutter whose reforms will save Medicare and Medicaid — and not destroy them.

"If Ryan is as solid as Romney was, the meme about [the] campaign shrinking his stature will completely cease," tweeted Austan Goolsbee, an Obama economics adviser who returned to the University of Chicago after serving in the administration.

So what went wrong?

(Excerpt) Read more at thefiscaltimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012debates; 2012election; 2012veep; debate; msm; ryan
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To: Axelsrd
Josh Boak aka Joe Biden, they still have that 50's and 90's speak rattling around in their wee little brains.

MoJo is so 90ish. Biden is so 50ish with his "man", "let's rumble" speak, very immature for the very highly educated ELITE that they pretend to be.

21 posted on 10/09/2012 12:39:17 PM PDT by annieokie (O)
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To: Zakeet

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The Assault on Paul Ryan II
The mainstream media “fact checked” Paul Ryan’s speech with alacrity. At the Washington Post, for instance, four of the five most-read articles were, in effect, accusations that Ryan had lied. The New York Times published an article under the headline: “Ryan’s Speech Contained a Litany of Falsehoods.” The Associated Press accused Ryan of taking “factual shortcuts.” The Week magazine published not only “The media coverage of Paul Ryan’s speech: 15 Euphemisms for Lying,” but also “Why Paul Ryan thought he could get away with lying: 6 theories.” Here’s the funny thing about most of these articles: They fail to cite a single fact that Ryan misstated or lie that he told.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2925319/posts

Thanks for posting this Zakeet. It’s going to get a lot hotter and heavier on Paul Ryan until the debate, even worse afterwards. And because he cites facts and figures there was an avalanche of factchecks after his last speech. we can expect even more this time around.


22 posted on 10/09/2012 12:50:21 PM PDT by bronxville (Margaret Sanger - “We do not want word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population,Â)
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To: Axelsrd
"I didn’t know that Ryan had lost his mojo"

DON'T WORRY!!! I found it & sent it to him today.

He's going score a knock-out on Plugs in the debate.

23 posted on 10/09/2012 1:04:22 PM PDT by LADY J (You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have. - Author Unknown)
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To: Sivad

Biden will not know what hit him after Ryan is finished...


24 posted on 10/09/2012 1:09:02 PM PDT by DennisR (Look around - God gives countless, indisputable clues that He does, indeed, exist.)
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To: Zakeet

Media still trying to tell us what to think, pathetic bast*rds.


25 posted on 10/09/2012 1:16:10 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: Zakeet

Since when did Ryan “lose” his “sheen”???

Whatta load of crap.


26 posted on 10/09/2012 2:20:43 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: arrogantsob
And his biggest concern about the debates will be not kicking this senile old clown around too vigorously.<<

I agree!...but “Plugs” is gonna leave so many openings that Ryan has to use a few zingers just to humor the senile idiot!...so “Plugs” can appeal to his base!.....

Result:..Plugs +2 with the base....Ryan +4 with the undecided....(Its gonna be a landslide...and I don't even like Romney!)

27 posted on 10/09/2012 5:24:56 PM PDT by M-cubed
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To: Boogieman
Well, if ever there was a name destined for academia, it’s ‘Austan Goolsbee’.<<<

LMAO!...U said it 1st! but 10,000 of us were thinking it!

28 posted on 10/09/2012 5:36:21 PM PDT by M-cubed
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To: Boogieman
Well, if ever there was a name destined for academia, it’s ‘Austan Goolsbee’.<<<

LMAO!...U said it 1st! but 10,000 of us were thinking it!

29 posted on 10/09/2012 5:40:54 PM PDT by M-cubed
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