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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAccording to Nate Silver (538.com), Ryan has an Extremely Low Impact on Romney's Electability
http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/08/how-romneys-pick-of-a-running-mate-could-sway-the-outcome/- Ryan has lowest net-positive home-state favorability and lowest positive impact on winning Ryan's home state.
- Ryan has second lowest positive impact on overall potential electoral gains
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In other words, Ryan does not help Romney win the election and does little to impact the current models and projections.
boxman15
(1,033 posts)It doesn't give him much of a boost in the short term at all. We might see a very slight bump for Romney at first, but even that might be too much.
In the long run, this is very, very dangerous for the Romney campaign. We could very well see an Obama landslide now.
mucifer
(23,565 posts)liberalmuse
(18,672 posts)if not billions to buy this ticket into office.
gkhouston
(21,642 posts)Panasonic
(2,921 posts)and begin liquidation proceedings to pay off massive amount of creditors because they leveraged to the hilt to try to elect a moron that doesn't know shit about real Americans.
The creditors wants their money right now, and there is no waiting period. It's either pay up or quit.
Indictments are on the way for these scumbags too.
roguevalley
(40,656 posts)but he knows its suicide. hence his backpedaling.
DCBob
(24,689 posts)He's a boring intellectual obsessed with taxes and budgets. When he talks most peoples eyes will glaze over. He also a white guy so that doesnt help Romney with his woman/minority problem.
grantcart
(53,061 posts)yardwork
(61,703 posts)I believe that we are watching an attempt at a coup. The Koch brothers will throw millions in PAC money at this election. They will attempt to buy corruption at the state level to throw elections through voter suppression and outright fraud. The Koch brothers think that they can buy this election.
David Hoag
(1 post)At the time of the Republican primaries, Romney had a lot going for him -- at least, more than his primary opponents were able to tear him down for.
But the subject of his taxes prior to 2010 became something that he thought would lose the election for him, so he decided to lose the election for a reason that would save him more face - he chose THE ARCHITECT OF AMERICA's DOOM as his running mate. This ARCHITECT isn't so blatant that he'll be immediately laughed off the stage, but he's as dangerous as Himmler.