GOP candidate Mitt Romney announced his running mate this weekend and arch-conservatives hailed the Massachusetts ex-governor's choice of Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan. The media touted the decision as bold gambit in the bid for the White House, while pundits cautioned that the Vice-Presidential candidate's unyielding commitment to fiscal austerity, privatization of Medicare, revisionist views on abortion, birth control, and entitlements will create an unbridgeable chasm from the Republican duo.
Representative Ryan has firmly stated to the press that his failed 2012 budget proposal will be the blueprint for the nation's recovery from the ongoing economic crisis. The lynchpins of his budget called for the dismantling of social services to the middle class and poor accompanied by further give-aways to the rich by cutting capital gains taxes to zero.
The party fundamentalist faithful have rallied to the Mormon/Catholic ticket and Ryan's proposed Path to Prosperity, however recent polls suggest that the nod to Ryan has shifted the race in Obama's favor. The Las Vegas Gaming Commission forbids betting on political races, however the bookies at UK's Ladbrokes are offering 2/5 odds that the president will repeat his 2008 victory, then again they had Romney opting for Tim Pawlenty as VP 9/4, so bet at your own risk.
The house never loses.
ps Ryan has passed two laws in Congress; renaming the Janesville PO as "Les Aspin Post Office Building and levying a $.39 tax on arrows.
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