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Tweety: Paul Ryan 'has been a zero' as a running mate (Original Post) WI_DEM Nov 2012 OP
So do I gademocrat7 Nov 2012 #1
hey, he's been better than quayle! unblock Nov 2012 #2
I was thinking more of a "Palin" Yukari Yakumo Nov 2012 #5
à la alex rodriguez in the playoffs Carnage251 Nov 2012 #3
Figures kairos12 Nov 2012 #4
I disagree: surrealAmerican Nov 2012 #6
That's giving him more credit than he's due. Zero? How about less than zero? Gregorian Nov 2012 #7
Well now I have a new earworm! progressoid Nov 2012 #11
Who is Paul Ryan..Was he the guy MassedPole Nov 2012 #8
Partly True DarthDem Nov 2012 #9
My feeling is that if they thought he was an asset they should have had him WI_DEM Nov 2012 #10
Yup. And Paul Ryan is supposed to be the brain trust of the Republican Party. applegrove Nov 2012 #12

unblock

(52,253 posts)
2. hey, he's been better than quayle!
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 07:18 PM
Nov 2012

i've always thought the ryan pick was all about fundraising, and they certainly raised plenty.

however, they appear to have saturated the battleground states.

i guess there's a point at which extra money just doesn't help.

Yukari Yakumo

(3,013 posts)
5. I was thinking more of a "Palin"
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 07:21 PM
Nov 2012

Good for the cameras, but empty-headed and someone who'd turn off moderates/independents en masse.

DarthDem

(5,255 posts)
9. Partly True
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 07:40 PM
Nov 2012

He has certainly added nothing. But he has also been a net negative, as he was exposed as a complete empty suit and a fool, most notably by Joe Biden. Thanks, Joe!

WI_DEM

(33,497 posts)
10. My feeling is that if they thought he was an asset they should have had him
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 07:43 PM
Nov 2012

spend full time in Wisconsin and Iowa. Forget everything else. But they weren't confident about him.

applegrove

(118,690 posts)
12. Yup. And Paul Ryan is supposed to be the brain trust of the Republican Party.
Tue Nov 6, 2012, 09:18 PM
Nov 2012

They got nothing. They've gutted their party of anybody substancial. Their leadership is all con men and pawns and patsies.

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