Do you think this will help us win Wisconsin? Ohio?
What are your guesses?
As an outsider who, like many, has been paying a lot of attention to Wisconsin the past couple years, I surprisingly think we had a pretty decent shot at Wisconsin even before this. Because of the walker recall, we have a great gotv operation now and Obama’s numbers are really down there from earlier in the year.
Right now, we are seeing a lot of blue-leaning states in play, which is huge. If the Dems have to spread their cash to more states, they have less to spend in Ohio and Virginia.
I think Romney now has a shot at Wisconsin. All of us here are pretty much mean lean voting machines after the last two years of non stop elections.
We know each other from talk radio, Facebook, blogs and twitter. The get out the vote machine for the GOP now rivals legendary Chicago of yore, save for fraudulent dead guys voting, I think the turnout for Romney will be very high.
We have only one problem. The inner city of Milwaukee and a couple other locales around the State such as Racine. We passed a voter ID bill last year but it has been held up in the courts and won’t be in effect for the November election. Unfortunately Milwaukee precincts have been known for 100 percent turnout in presidential election years.
I am finally feeling good about the Republican ticket! What a crowd. Zero always campaigns to a selected audience, and usually makes them cough up $$ to hear to hear him. (the D-mn Commie)
Ryan is not a game changer as far as swinging the election goes. No one Romney could have picked was going sway the election. Ryan might help Romney pick us some extra votes in his own CD (where I understand Ryan is tremendously popular) and put WI in his column if the vote is close. But I do think this is a sign Team Romney feels very good about Florida. If they had any doubt about winning Florida, he would have gone with Rubio.
What Ryan brings to the campaign is he shores up and excites the Conservative base, which Mitten's so desperately needed. This gives a reason for Conservatives to have some hope that maybe, just maybe, a Romney administration might be somewhat Conservative, at least on fiscal policy. And if Romney as President, is successful in turning the economy around and reducing the debt, it very well could mean a Ryan Presidency is on the horizon in 2016 or 2020.
Key now is to not let the scum at Team 0bama define Ryan. Right now Rasmussen has Ryan at 39% favorable / 25% unfavorable. That means 36% (and mostly independents) are not sure on Ryan yet. Ryan will have to win them over before 0bama and his band of roving hordes can destroy him. Hopefully Team Romney is looking back at ‘08 and seeing exactly what happened to Sarah Palin and won't repeat those mistakes.