Past member of the week, Representative Paul Ryan (past ClotureClub Member of the Week), is looking at possibly being the next Vice President. Fox News is reporting Mitt Romney will announce his running mate at 9 a.m. ET Saturday August 11, 2012 in Norfolk, Va., Romney will launch his “The Romney Plan For A Stronger Middle Class” bus tour after announcing his choice for the Vice Presidential candidate, according to an official press release from the Romney campaign.
Brief Political Summary of Paul Ryan:
His last career before running for the U.S. House was that of legislative director for Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas. His political career in the House started with a landslide victory in 1998. In fact, in terms of facing adversity, Paul Ryan hasn’t faced any. In 1998, after Rep. Mark Neumann ran unsuccessfully for Sen. Russ Feingold’s seat, Ryan went after the open House seat. After easily winning the Republican primary, he faced Lydia Spottswood in the general election. Both candidates spent more than $1 million on their respective campaigns but Ryan won, 57 to 43 percent. Since then Ryan has won each re-election campaign by a wide-margin. His influence within the House – and the respect he commands from fellow Republicans – led to his upset defeat in 2007 of Representative Ander Crenshaw to become ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee. At the time of his victory Ryan was 13th in seniority on the committee.
Already The Weekly Standard is claiming that it’s Paul Ryan:
THE WEEKLY STANDARD has learned that the Romney campaign has begun to prepare a vigorous effort in support of Paul Ryan if he is selected as Mitt Romney’s vice presidential pick—something now likely to happen soon. For example, GOP officials tell THE WEEKLY STANDARD that Wisconsin governor Scott Walker is among a group of Republicans who has been asked to be ready, in terms of his schedule and other practical preparations, to make the case publicly for a Romney-Ryan ticket as early as Saturday.
This of course does not mean the Wisconsin congressman will necessarily end up as Romney’s running mate. The Romney campaign may be working to lay the groundwork for one or two other possible picks, though THE WEEKLY STANDARD has been unable to find evidence of any comparable preparation for other candidates. Or the Romney team could be engaging in some last minute misdirection, as other campaigns have done. In 2000, much of the attention in the days before the announcement of Dick Cheney as Bush’s running mate focused on John Danforth, thanks to nudging from inside the campaign. And in 2004, the New York Post splashed on its front page a story indicating that Richard Gephardt would be John Kerry’s running mate. It’s entirely possible that the Romney campaign is engaging in the same kind of shenanigans.
But if the signs pointing toward Ryan, increasing in number, are meant as a feint, it’s an odd one. Ryan is popular among conservatives and Republicans, and the talk about him is generating lots of excitement in conservative and GOP circles. The campaign would presumably be acting to tamp down Ryan speculation if Ryan weren’t going to be the pick, in order to avoid a sense of letdown if he’s passed over. But the campaign is doing no such thing. Rather, it seems to be preparing observers for Ryan.
From our Guess Who VP choice post.
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