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Romney campaign continues excellent Ryan roll out

By: Dan Spencer (Diary)  |  August 13th, 2012 at 05:00 PM  | 

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As part of the Romney campaign’s very well executed roll out of Congressman Paul Ryan as Romney’s vice-presidential running mate, the Republican National Committee released its “Big Solutions” video. The new video showcases the Romney-Ryan America’s comeback team.

After four years of a weak economy, soaring deficits and misplaced priorities, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are dedicated to bringing America back.

In a statement, RNC Chairman Reince Priebus said that Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan will bring the kind of leadership and economic reform that this country desperately needs:

“They have the knowledge, expertise and vision we need to get America working again and get our fiscal house in order. Both have proven records of solving tough problems and getting the job done. America’s Comeback Team stands in stark contrast to four years of failed economic policies and misplaced priorities of President Obama and Vice President Biden. Governor Romney and Congressman Ryan is what America needs in these troubled economic times to get our country back on track.”

Chris Cillizza and Aaron Blake write that the Romney Campaign has 25 days, until the Democratic National Convention concludes, to define Ryan. Scott Rasmussen gives the Romney campaign even less time saying that the roll-out of Romney’s vice-presidential pick is as important as the choice itself because “most Americans will learn all they know about the new name on the ticket during the week the candidate is introduced.”

Either way, the Ryan roll out has been great, huge crowds, good speeches, the terrific “60 Minutes” interview and the jump in Ryan’s approvals as found by the Washington Post-ABC News poll:

Little known nationally before Saturday’s announcement, favorable impressions of Ryan jumped 15 percentage points among the overall electorate with positive views soaring from 49 to 70 percent among conservative Republicans.

In Wednesday through Friday interviews, fully 45 percent of Americans expressed no opinion of Ryan, dropping to 30 percent on Saturday and Sunday. The increasing familiarity all went to the positive side of the ledger, giving Ryan an initial advantage in the sprint to define his candidacy.

Overall, in interviews after his selection, 38 percent of all Americans express favorable views of Ryan, 33 percent negative ones. (Before the announcement, Ryan was somewhat underwater, scoring 23 percent favorable, 32 percent unfavorable.)

All this in the face of the Obama campaign’s continued gutter politics, trying to smear Ryan using the Democrats’ debunked and discredited MediScare campaign that the left-leaning Politfact called the 2011 “lie of the year.” Even President Obama joined in, first tweeting the big lie and then launching a Medicare attack video against Romney-Ryan.

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  • califgal

    do not know any House member other than their own, if they know THAT.

    Congressman Ryan’s name is not even known to them. The polls released this morning confirm this; thus, his favorables are not what they will be when they get to know him. (It’s not as if they’re going to hear over and over again from MSM that Rep. Ryan is one of the most, if not THE most respected members of the House now that he’s a threat to their guy).

    However, the negative ads have begun and the one piece of video the R&R team could run NOW to show people that this Ryan guy they’ve just now read about is NOT a young whippersnapper with no experience, that he is NOT a “reach” as was someone else they recall, that he is super bright, polite, and not afraid to challenge the status quo (ie, he’s not your father’s pol) is the video of Ryan schooling an irritated Obama on the dangers of the legislation Obama was pushing down the people’s throats.

    I hope we see that NOW, not later.

    • supergirl2911

      nt

  • tacotuesdays

    The selection of Ryan was a bold choice by Romney, who had become far too likely to play it safe. I hate to admit it, but I was worried about his chances of getting elected. After Paul Ryan was chosen as VP, however, it’s encouraging to see this election has become a battle between the conservative values of freedom and individual choice vs, socialism. Once America sees the choice between the two parties clearly we will win this election is a landslide.

    • buster93

      Great pick even the guy i liked Bobby Jindal picked Ryan.
      Anyway I was talking to an Independent friend and he voted for McCain 2008 and he said he was voting for Obama this time. I was like what ? and he said he was tired of paying for everyone elses health care. So it was a pool party in Texas and I listened and took mental notes in the 100 degree heat. Just to let you know ! Please pass this on as a independent issue!!!

      • jonrd364

        I certainly hope you schooled him on just what Obamacare means with regard to paying for everyone else’s healthcare. If he thinks he’s footing the bill now, he hasn’t seen NOTHING yet!

  • http://www.sheetanchor.org SheetAnchor

    The effort to define Ryan as cutting Medicare has begin in earnest. In the CBS 60-minutes interview, CBS edited out Romney and Ryan’s brilliant strategic response to the Ryan cuts Medicare narrative.

    It is now time for the Romney/Ryan campaign to get the truth out, especially in Florida, to the Seniors that Obama as Romney stated in the interview is the “one president that I know of in history that robbed Medicare, $716 billion to pay for a new risky program of his own that we call Obamacare,?

    Romney added, ?What Paul Ryan and I have talked about is saving Medicare, is providing people greater choice in Medicare, making sure it?s there for current seniors. No changes, by the way, for current seniors, or those nearing retirement. But looking for young people down the road and saying, ?We?re going to give you a bigger choice.? In America, the nature of this country has been giving people more freedom, more choices. That?s how we make Medicare work down the road.?

    Ryan added, ?My mom is a Medicare senior in Florida. Our point is we need to preserve their benefits, because government made promises to them that they?ve organized their retirements around. In order to make sure we can do that, you must reform it for those of us who are younger. And we think these reforms are good reforms. That have bipartisan origins. They started from the Clinton commission in the late ?90s.?

    it is time to push hard and be relentless about this CBS edit that has strategic consequences, given that scaring Seniors is the obvious strategy of the Dems and their friends of the MSM.

    Contact the Romney campaign and tell them we expect to see them go on the offensive about this edit. We want ads playing showing the Seniors and everyone else what CBS did not allow them to see.

    Let?s make this happen folks. I have contacted a Romney staffer I know in Florida. Please do likewise. Call them and e-mail them. It is time to take aggressive offensive action. Let’s move!

  • gwalt

    Paul Ryan’s run at Obama/Biden should be nicknamed “Von Ryan’s Express”.

    Hop on Paul Von Ryans Express and escape the Facsist and the Nazis at the same time—-just like in the movie!!!!!

    British are led out of an Italian (Fascist) POW camp by an American Colonel escaping on a train being chased by Nazis!!!

    Can it get any better that that?
    (yes, it was a book first, and the movie had some changes in it—but it was great!!!)

    • tacotuesdays

      Sometimes I think that people should keep their idiotic thoughts to themselves. This is one of those times.

      • gwalt

        ……you should go prepare your tacos. Tomorrow is Tuesday.

        • tacotuesdays

          If you’re going to comment at least try to have a point.

  • macwell

    Paul Ryan is the guy I was hoping for as VP, he’s smart, articulate, and can state the conservative message well. He’s clean as clorox and can stand up with the best of them in a debate.
    I agree though, we the people are the only ones who can make this happen, we must come out in droves in November and make the election SCOTUS proof. This bunch in the Senate must go as well. They’re stalling bills designed to help America, and yet dirty Harry won’t even give them a vote, and all you hear from the MSM is the Republicans are standing in the way of feeding starving children.
    No body says nutin!
    No body knows nutin!
    Folks?
    We are fighting not just the Obama thugs, but also the misinformation coming from the Obama media.
    That is why it is so important that this next, most important election, must be beyond doubt.
    Romney Ryan!
    Take America back!

  • califgal

    Bowles speaking highly of the Congressman should be put in an ad and run NOW in every state of consequence before the Dems’ succeed first in labeling Ryan as a crazy “radical.”

    http://gretawire.foxnewsinsider.com/video/erskine-bowles-on-congressman-paul-ryans-budget-sensible-straightfoward-honest-serious/

  • jmike718

    said the Ryan Plan actually “expands Medicare Advantage” WTF? So now we’re running on increasing entitlements? Ronald Reagan in 1961. ” If you don’t stop Medicare, one of these days in our sunset years we’ll be telling our children and our children’s children what it was once like for men to be free”. Have we really strayed that far from the core values of what the Republican party used to stand for? Read what Barry Goldwater said about Medicare and you’ll realize the answer is yes.

    • JSobieski

      It is in fact the same type of approach that Ryan’s medicare reform plan is based on.

      One way to describe Ryan’s medicare plan is to voucherize medicare—Dem’s use that explanation to scare people.

      Describing the reform plan as expanding Medicare Advantage so that all of Medicare works that way is probably the most helpful way to describe it.

      Expanding the scope of an approach is not the same thing as expanding money spent.

    • JSobieski

      You are going to wait a long long time.

      Even Reagan who called Medicare a lot of things prior to 1979 never campaigned on ending it. To the contrary, he spent a lot fo time reassuring people that he WOULDN’T end it.

      Bottom Line: Nobody is going to “stop Medicare”—the idea is to reform it in a way that won’t break the bank, and in way that takes advantage of market forces

      • checkmate2012

        in history that has come in under budget.

        I agree with your comments JSob and think Romney was smart to do some ressuring in FLA and get out in front of the slime ads to come if they haven’t started already.

        • JSobieski

          Conservatives should be aggressive, but realistic. Folks who want a candidate to say things like SS is unconstitutional are folks who want other people to be selecting the winning candidates.

          Ryan is potentially far more useful to us than someone like Bachmann for the simply reason that (1) he is a better persuador and (2) he picks a point that is a stretch, but reachable.

          Some people think Romney was insane for risking a conversation about Medicare. Other people want Romney to come in hard against Medicare in principle. I humbly suggest that the Ryan approach is probably the optimal point between aggressive/principled goals and political realism, and that it will be the optimal point for quite some time.

          I look forward to a time when the RSC budget can become that point, but we need to take the beaches of Normandy before troups can start knocking on the doors of Berlin.

          • checkmate2012

            as we aren’t so rabid that we need absolutism. I was ok with TARP 1 but then O expanded it beyond recognition. I’m not ok with the auto bailouts and think they should have gone thru normal bankruptcy proceedings.

            I think Ryan is an excellent choice which says alot for Romney’s astute leadership style. That being surround yourself with people who are smarter than you on matters where you lack knowledge.

            Plus it takes the whole campaign to real issues that Team Zero doesn’t want to touch, ever. No one that runs on eliminating Medicare will get elected in our/my lifetime.

          • Bill S

            ..

          • tnfriendofcoal101368

            as bulding on Medicare Advantage which is what Obama gutted in particular and speaking as someone with in-laws who are seniors – I can tell you Seniors LOVE Medicare Advantage. I wouldn’t be surprised at all that Romney actually got that from Ryan.

  • http://lukos.com Ed54

    was sending him straight to Iowa to shadow Obama. In doing so, he drew Obama into a 1v1 argument with Ryan. Obama should know better, that engaging directly with the VP candidate diminishes him and frees up Romney to float above the fray. But he can’t resist responding, because he carries a personal grudge. And the press can’t resist the storyline either. Brilliant, really.

    • Kyle-MI

      Maybe they should just schedule Ryan to tail Obama for the rest of the campaign.

      • audax

        …we know already how Obama responds to Ryan when he gets under the O’s skin. Let Ryan be Ryan!

  • fiscalsanity

    I just wish Romney would give a more full throated endorsement of the Ryan budget. The MSM won’t believe we can win a debate on entitlements but no one ever gives the full context… we just can’t afford to keep on the current path.