nhboy
08-13-2012, 07:27 AM
Link to original article. (http://www.buzzfeed.com/bensmith/romney-picked-ryan-over-advisors-early-doubts)
"Mitt Romney appears to have picked Paul Ryan as his running mate over the objections of top political advisors, offering a glimpse at the leadership style of the Republican nominee in the most important decision of his campaign.
Romney's aides have stressed publicly in the 24 hours since Romney electrified conservatives with his choice that the pick was the governor's alone. They have been less forthcoming on the flip side: That much of his staff opposed the choice for the same reason that many pundits considered it unlikely — that Ryan's appealingly wonky public image and a personality Romney finds copasetic will matter far less than two different budget plans whose details the campaign now effectively owns.
"Everybody was against [Ryan] to start with only Romney for," said one top Republican, who is skeptical of the choice and griped that Romney's top advisors have "been giving Mitt everything he wanted in this campaign." "
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"Ryan spent Sunday on the campaign trail with Romney, helping the candidate draw some of the largest and most enthusiastic crowds of the presidential cycle. He also passed some early tests with flying colors, proving an engaging and comfortable figure under the white hot national spotlight. A media that cast doubts on the basic qualifications of the last Republican running mate, the previously obscure Sarah Palin, to step into the office of the presidency has evinced no such doubts about the Wisconsin congressman, a familiar figure in Georgetown and New York.
Some of the doubters, though, also see warning signals. Congressional candidates in difficult districts and Florida Republicans are not eager to debate Ryan's attachment to converting Medicare into a system of vouchers for workers under 55. The fact that Ryan's push to cut capital gains taxes, which Romney opposes, would reduce the presidential nominees own taxes to nothing has also gotten unwelcome attention."
"Mitt Romney appears to have picked Paul Ryan as his running mate over the objections of top political advisors, offering a glimpse at the leadership style of the Republican nominee in the most important decision of his campaign.
Romney's aides have stressed publicly in the 24 hours since Romney electrified conservatives with his choice that the pick was the governor's alone. They have been less forthcoming on the flip side: That much of his staff opposed the choice for the same reason that many pundits considered it unlikely — that Ryan's appealingly wonky public image and a personality Romney finds copasetic will matter far less than two different budget plans whose details the campaign now effectively owns.
"Everybody was against [Ryan] to start with only Romney for," said one top Republican, who is skeptical of the choice and griped that Romney's top advisors have "been giving Mitt everything he wanted in this campaign." "
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"Ryan spent Sunday on the campaign trail with Romney, helping the candidate draw some of the largest and most enthusiastic crowds of the presidential cycle. He also passed some early tests with flying colors, proving an engaging and comfortable figure under the white hot national spotlight. A media that cast doubts on the basic qualifications of the last Republican running mate, the previously obscure Sarah Palin, to step into the office of the presidency has evinced no such doubts about the Wisconsin congressman, a familiar figure in Georgetown and New York.
Some of the doubters, though, also see warning signals. Congressional candidates in difficult districts and Florida Republicans are not eager to debate Ryan's attachment to converting Medicare into a system of vouchers for workers under 55. The fact that Ryan's push to cut capital gains taxes, which Romney opposes, would reduce the presidential nominees own taxes to nothing has also gotten unwelcome attention."