HUFFINGTON POST: Mitt Romney will announce Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) as his running mate on Saturday, according to two sources with knowledge of the decision.
In a press release issued Saturday morning, the Romney campaign confirmed the decision, calling the duo “America’s Comeback Team.”
Ryan is a bold pick who will energize the Republican Party, but putting him on the ticket is fraught with risk and instantly puts Ryan’s budget plan front and center in the 2012 campaign… (more)
EDITOR: Amazing. Instead of reaching towards the center and independents, he is moving further to the right by lashing himself to Ryan’s absurd economic proposals.
Ryan has worked for government most of his adult life. He collected Social Security after his father died and he was still a child (and there is nothing wrong with that). But he makes a career out of attacking Social Security and touting free enterprise which he knows very little about.