I wasn't going to vote for him anyway.

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Mitt Romney's campaign has announced that the presumptive GOP nominee has chosen House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan as his vice-presidential running mate. The two candidates will appear together at a campaign event in Norfolk, VA Saturday morning.

The official announcement will be in front of the U.S.S. Wisconsin -- which just happens to be Ryan's home state.

After three sources close to the Romney campaign indicated to NBC News late Friday night that Ryan would be the pick, the Romney camp issued a press release just after 7:00 am ET, stating: “Mitt Romney & Paul Ryan: America’s Comeback Team.” Around the same time, the campaign’s “VP app” also announced that Ryan would be the choice.

The Romney campaign billed the ticket "America's comeback team" in the release announcing the decision, saying that Ryan "has worked tirelessly leading the effort to reign in federal spending and increase accountability to taxpayers."

With recent national polls showing Romney trailing President Barack Obama, Ryan is a bold pick. He will excite economic conservatives, and is considered one of his party's rising stars.

But his budget plan -- which would substantially transform Medicare and Medicaid -- is a lightning rod. In fact, Democrats argue that Ryan's selection marks an opportunity to highlight Ryan's desired changes to Medicare, which include giving future seniors a voucher or premium support to help pay for their health insurance. Under Ryan's plan, future seniors would have the choice of using the voucher/premium support to purchase private insurance or through Medicare's traditional fee-for-service model.

"We've spent 18 months trying to make House races about their plan for Medicare and Mitt Romney just did it for us overnight," said one Democratic operative.

Ryan had been the focus of intense VP speculation for the last few days. Washington economic conservatives -- including the Wall Street Journal editorial page and the Weekly Standard -- have pushed for his selection.

In addition, Romney told NBC's Chuck Todd on Thursday he was looking for someone with "a vision for the country," who "adds something to the political discourse about the direction of the country” -- a sign that he might make a bold pick in Ryan.

At 11:11 pm ET, the Romney campaign announced that it would be making its VP selection on Saturday. And as First Read reported earlier this week, the VP finalists were Ryan, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, and Ohio Sen. Rob Portman.

http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/10/13226315-romney-picks-paul-ryan-as-vice-presidential-running-mate?lite

Apparently not going to be endorsed by AARP.

FM is happy!

And honestly, there isn't anybody that Romney could've picked that would have pleased everybody, and for that matter, pleased Democrats. No matter who Romney picked, the Crats would spin it into "this is the easiest guy for us to beat" to mask their lack of a record. Honestly, I think Romney was smart to go for the bold, dynamic choice. Romney/Ryan 2012!

I'll bet Joe Biden is downing a lot of Imodium right about now. lol

He could've picked Ziggy Marley and I still wouldn't vote for him. LOL. And this dude? Give the poor and the elderly even more reason to hate Romney? I'm with it.

uh....yeah

Shale wrote:

Apparently not going to be endorsed by AARP.

Nystyle709 wrote:

He could've picked Ziggy Marley and I still wouldn't vote for him. LOL. And this dude? Give the poor and the elderly even more reason to hate Romney? I'm with it.

Anyone who is elderly, disabled or a member of the poor or the average working class would be insane to vote for these idiots.

Shale wrote:

Let's Put this into Perspective


Batty Man & Robber

One would hope that should Romney be elected that he would go back to being the more liberal republican he was before he started pandering to the extreme right, his choice of a tea partier seems to indicate that he will say and do anything to get himself elected. Does anyone really want that total ambition in the whitehouse? He has no integrity at all, and apparently no common sense, two traits you really need your president to have. Unfortunately we have a prime minister exactly like him!

LOL!!

I've heard some people say that this choice was made to woo female voters who might find Ryan attractive.

Chris wrote:

I've heard some people say that this choice was made to woo female voters who might find Ryan attractive.

Chris wrote:

I've heard some people say that this choice was made to woo female voters who might find Ryan attractive.

Compared to what?

No doubt Barack and his team were grinning from ear to ear the day that mess was announced. Why Romney would pick someone who has a history of messing with seniors medicare is just astounding to me. Seniors! Arguably the most substantial voting demographic for Republicans.

Oh well, I say thank you Mitt. He just made this a whole lot easier.

Well... my problem with Medicare/Medicaid... (and i have many) but the programs DO need reform. I work with many foreigners who come here, become citizens, then bring their elderly parents here. After a few years, they become citizens too... and without EVER having worked in the US, they get Medicare/Medicaid for FREE!!! THAT is disgusting... hard working americans have to pay big money for the medicare coverage, which still has high copays & deductibles, and yet foreigners can come in and suck the system dry without having ever paid into it. Wrong just wrong.... system needs revamping... just as every other system we have.

I'm not saying this guy is the right choice... but no one who promotes any kind of reform will ever get true support....

I'm just glad that he is not running a homosexual conversion center, or watching for putin to rear his ugly head from the front porch of his house. But let's wait an see what kind of craziness occurs now LOL

After listening to Romney take a shot at the teachers unions I figure people lucky enough to have a union backing them aren't going to be voting republican along with all the other groups who won't be voting for the Romney/Ryan ticket.