2012 ELECTION

[Jimbone]

so you are not denying you are cute??? just got that impression from your political views...i bow to your humbleness if wrong...(i hope i'm right for your sake

This intrigues me... can you explain to me how my political views give the impression that I am rich?

I'm still undecided, but the Ryan announcement just pushed me slightly to the right, assuming Romney embraces Ryan's proposals to-date without demanding much adjustment. I'm a supporter of Ryan's entitlement reform, as it stands now. I've seen him interviewed a few times this year; it blows me away every time he quantifies that the US goes about $10 Trillion further in debt each year because the government can't deliver on its unfunded promises. Mind boggling, imo.

I think this was a move made to sharply focus the difference between Obama and Romney. No one knows budgeting and the impending entitlement disaster better than Paul Ryan. While Democrats might temporarily being salivating that Ryan is on the ticket, I think they may regret it over time.

Romney and Ryan can run on returning the greatness to America (they've already started it actually), and contrast their vision with Obumble's last four years. Add in the Obumble's gaffe about how you didn't build your business, his major failure with green energy initiatives, and the rising health care costs despite Obumblecare... and that narrative may just work.

The economy is not getting better, and it won't in the next three months. A spike in gas prices and continued unemployment would doom any other incumbent President.

But it may be that we've slid so far towards an entitlement mentality that it won't.

We'll see.