# Veep announcement \[Romney picks Paul Ryan\] **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [August 11, 2012, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veep-announcement-romney-picks-paul-ryan/631157 "2012-08-11T03:40:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Linden\_Arden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Linden\_Arden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linden_Arden)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veep-announcement-romney-picks-paul-ryan/631157/21 "2012-08-11T04:21:43Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > As for the merits, this is an all or nothing pick. If Ryan is the nominee, the election becomes about entitlements. Yes, and the GOP base is the elderly, not high-income earners like many think (Obama won that group). This is big. ---
**Author:** ![Lawn\_Gnome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lawn\_Gnome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lawn_Gnome)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veep-announcement-romney-picks-paul-ryan/631157/22 "2012-08-11T04:23:17Z")
The Huffingtonpost claims Romney has picked Paul Ryan. > **[Mitt Romney Set To Pick Paul Ryan As Running Mate](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/paul-ryan-mitt-romney_n_1684794)** > > Mitt Romney Set To Pick Paul Ryan As Running Mate ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veep-announcement-romney-picks-paul-ryan/631157/23 "2012-08-11T04:24:10Z")
So six am on the West Coast. Odd timing. ---
**Author:** ![Lobohan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobohan/32/79_2.png) [@Lobohan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobohan)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veep-announcement-romney-picks-paul-ryan/631157/24 "2012-08-11T04:24:19Z")
> [@Lawn\_Gnome](#): > > The Huffingtonpost claims Romney has picked Paul Ryan. > > [Mitt Romney Set To Pick Paul Ryan As Running Mate (VIDEO) | HuffPost Latest News](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/11/paul-ryan-mitt-romney_n_1684794.html) Am I invisible here? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veep-announcement-romney-picks-paul-ryan/631157/25 "2012-08-11T04:24:56Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > I think Romney will be lured to pick Ryan for the money. The right really wants Ryan, and I can imagine big spenders on the right telling Romney that if he goes bold with Ryan, he’ll have more money than Satan himself at his disposal. I concur; Romney agrees to anything that pays well enough, especially when the choice is made for him. He’ll be able to blame the GOP ‘machine’ when he\* writes about his final failed bid for the Presidency called, ‘ **Not For All The Money In The World** ’. ETA - the news just cut in to say it’s Ryan; the announcement will be made on the USS Wisconsin docked in Norfolk and there’s a plane near Ryan’s home to fly him there in the morning. - Not him but a ghostwriter w/ a strong stomach ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veep-announcement-romney-picks-paul-ryan/631157/26 "2012-08-11T04:26:04Z")
NBC broke into the Olympics (I’m in LA) to say three sources say it’s Ryan. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veep-announcement-romney-picks-paul-ryan/631157/27 "2012-08-11T04:29:53Z")
If it is Ryan, I don’t think it’s a good move. If Romney wants to win, he has to appeal to swing voters, and I don’t see Ryan doing that. Yes, Ryan can likely help bring in campaign money, but I don’t seem him adding many votes that were not going to be be for Romney anyway. Kinda like preaching to the choir. He’ll get a chorus of Amen that accomplishes little. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Niply\_Elder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@The\_Niply\_Elder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Niply_Elder)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veep-announcement-romney-picks-paul-ryan/631157/28 "2012-08-11T04:30:00Z")
RR? Thats gonna be a crazy train. Zing! ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veep-announcement-romney-picks-paul-ryan/631157/29 "2012-08-11T04:32:52Z")
It’s a hugely risky pick. but if this works, it pays huge dividends for the GOP. If they win, they have a mandate to cut entitlements, because that will be what the election is about. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veep-announcement-romney-picks-paul-ryan/631157/30 "2012-08-11T04:33:59Z")
CNN’s website mentions a private plane with unknown occupants that flew from Ryan’s hometown to the announcement area. Romney can pretty much forget about kayfabe at this point. Looks like Ryan’s the guy. I suspect Obama supporters are happier about this than I am. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veep-announcement-romney-picks-paul-ryan/631157/31 "2012-08-11T04:34:17Z")
Merged threads. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veep-announcement-romney-picks-paul-ryan/631157/32 "2012-08-11T04:37:37Z")
I think us Obama supporters will get over our glee after we start seeing just how much money a Ryan VP pick is going to bring in. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veep-announcement-romney-picks-paul-ryan/631157/33 "2012-08-11T04:39:16Z")
The best part about a Paul Ryan pick is that it makes both sides equally happy. And it means both sides will want to debate policy going forward instead of personalities. That means an unusually substance filled election, which can only be a good thing. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veep-announcement-romney-picks-paul-ryan/631157/34 "2012-08-11T04:40:20Z")
He’s Catholic; it’ll be interesting to see how much more of a part religion will play since many LDS get upset when others draw comparisons between the two religions. He also voted for TARP and the automotive bailouts, as well as expanding Medicare Part D prescription drug expansion. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veep-announcement-romney-picks-paul-ryan/631157/35 "2012-08-11T04:41:03Z")
> [@boytyperanma](#): > > I think us Obama supporters will get over our glee after we start seeing just how much money a Ryan VP pick is going to bring in. I dunno. I think this pick has serious potential to energize the base. Obama’s base. He gets to work babyface against budget slashing heels…or at least that’s how his campaign is going to present it, and that just might work. ---
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veep-announcement-romney-picks-paul-ryan/631157/36 "2012-08-11T04:46:25Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > The best part about a Paul Ryan pick is that it makes both sides equally happy. And it means both sides will want to debate policy going forward instead of personalities. > > That means an unusually substance filled election, which can only be a good thing. I don’t suppose you were trying to be funny but reading this did make me laugh. Debate policy that’s a good one. ---
**Author:** ![adaher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dec6dc/32.png) [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veep-announcement-romney-picks-paul-ryan/631157/37 "2012-08-11T04:48:05Z")
Why not? Democrats will think that making the election about Ryan’s budget plans is the best strategy, won’t they? And if Republicans nominated him, that’s obviously what they want to talk about as well. If it’s not, it was the dumbest idea ever to pick him. You don’t pick Paul Ryan if you don’t want to talk about entitlements. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Niply\_Elder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@The\_Niply\_Elder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Niply_Elder)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veep-announcement-romney-picks-paul-ryan/631157/38 "2012-08-11T04:55:02Z")
The important question is: who’s going to play Ryan on SNL? ---
**Author:** ![Linden\_Arden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Linden\_Arden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linden_Arden)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veep-announcement-romney-picks-paul-ryan/631157/39 "2012-08-11T04:56:49Z")
> [@The\_Niply\_Elder](#): > > The important question is: who’s going to play Ryan on SNL? Adam Sandler in a comeback. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2012, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veep-announcement-romney-picks-paul-ryan/631157/40 "2012-08-11T04:57:44Z")
> [@adaher](#): > > You don’t pick Paul Ryan if you don’t want to talk about entitlements. You don’t pick Mitt Romney if you don’t want to talk about Bain Capital. And yet… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veep-announcement-romney-picks-paul-ryan/631157.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/veep-announcement-romney-picks-paul-ryan/631157.md?page=3)