Paul Ryan - Government did not help?

LOL wrote: Thanks PS, I really didn't know how that worked. Seems strange to be able to run for two offices, but then you can simultaneously apply for 100s of jobs. So the lucky challenger in WI gets the seat if he wins the VP?

Not necessarily. When Ryan wins the election for both his current seat in the House and for the VP, what will happen then is determined by the laws of Wisconsin. Generally speaking, as I am not familiar with Wisconsin, the laws of the State provide for the Governor to appoint a replacement until such time as a special election is held for the citizens of that district to choose a new representative. The folks in the Wisconsin 1st may not elect another Republican to serve them, but it would be a safe bet that Walker would name a Republican to replace him until the election was held.

Hope that answers your inquiry LOL.

Soulshiner wrote: Term Limits? Ryan is running for his 8th term. So much for throw all of the incumbents out...

I don't know that I necessarily agree with term limits for offices which are filled every 2 years SS. What I would favor is eliminating the ability of the political parties to artificially limit the number of those seeking the post. I don't know that DeGette would perpetually be the choice of the citizens in the Colorado 1st if they were given a choice between multiple Democrats. They might elect to choose a moderate member of the party over a far left one. That a Democrat is going to be elected is all but certain given the vast majority of the registered voters in that district are Democrats, but I think you might entice those who might otherwise vote for a Republican to cast their votes for a moderate member of the party and at least feel they were partially represented by the person in DC from their district.

Ryan has been elected with better than 60% of the vote, nearly 70% in the last election, in a district that is almost as lopsided as Denver is with respect to registered voters from the two major parties. That is what I find particularly comical when Obama and the collectivists attempt to portray him as the radical. There's an awful lot of farm land and unionized labor in his district. If the unions saw him as radical instead of reasonable, there is no way he could have won 7 straight elections.

Romney/Ryan has a history of working with those across the aisle instead of refusing to listen to anything they have to say and adopting a "My Way or the Highway" approach to governing as the man who currently occupies the Oval Office has done. This is well evidenced in the compromise reached regarding MediCare between the 2011 and the 2012 proposals. The original proposal, which changed nothing for current recipients or those close to entering the program, was modified so that even those under the age of 55 would have the option of entering the system with the same set of benefits that current beneficiaries of the program had instead of opting for the premium support plan. More options instead of fewer. Yeah, that's certainly a "radical" and "extreme" approach to solving a problem.

LOL wrote: Obama had zero foreign policy experience.

I guess you don't count being the chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s 11-member Subcommittee on European Affairs for two years from January 2007 until his resignation in November 2008.

http://www.factcheck.org/2008/06/obama- ... committee/

Another one bites the dust.