Republican ticket will force the real issues onto the table

[Valin]

NY Daily News:

8/12/12

 

Mitt Romney’s choice of Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate is a boldly clarifying jolt for a presidential contest whose issues and stakes have been in desperate need of definition.

 

Chairman of the House Budget Committee, Ryan has been the architect of low tax, and lower spending, proposals that the Republicans advocate as catalysts for economic revival and American prosperity in the long run. He is also an able proponent of the view that overly large government has become a smothering weight on the country.

 

By tapping the Tea Party’s keeper of the flame, Romney certified that he is running on a philosophy far different from that of his father’s GOP and even from that put into practice by the party of former President George W. Bush. He has beneficially centered the debate on the proper balance to be struck between the role of Washington and the dynamism of the people.

 

The time is now for this crucial conversation — now, when too many millions are unemployed; now, when the United States’ economy shows precious few signs of coming to life; now, when the costs of government are unsustainable and future expenses, including for health care and retirement, augur severe decline.

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[Argyle58]

Good in theory. However, The "o" and his team don't appear to be willing to discuss issues. Their campaign strategy seems to be based soley on the concept that Romney is very rich and very white, so he must be bad.