In his first campaign speech as Mitt Romney?s VP pick, Paul Ryan warned that the US is in a 'different, difficult, dangerous moment' which the GOP presidential team won?t shrink from. So far, Republicans say they?re very impressed.
Wisconsin US Rep. Paul Ryan, newly announced running mate of Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, greets the crowd while campaigning Saturday in Norfolk, Va.
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EnlargeRep. Paul Ryan (R) of Wisconsin walked down the gangplank of the USS Wisconsin, the old battleship draped in red, white and blue bunting, and into the roar of the race for the presidency.?
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Romney supporters in Virginia sound off about his selection of Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as Vice President.The man from Janesville, Wis., who Republicans hold up as one of their leading intellectual lights and Democrats decry as the architect of Medicare?s and Social Security?s demise, spent his first moments as Mitt Romney?s vice presidential choice bathed in sunshine.?
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But that glittering moment of American political theater quickly gave way to the sort of tough talk about tough choices that is quintessentially Ryan. America is in a ?different, difficult, dangerous moment," he said, and Mitt Romney won?t shrink from it.?
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?Whatever the explanations, whatever the excuses, this is a record of failure,? Ryan said of President Obama?s record in office. Mr. Obama, ?and too many like him in Washington, have refused to make difficult decisions because they are more worried about their next election than they are about the next generation.?
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Ryan, the House Budget Committee Chairman, has seen his budget proposals over the last two years held up by Republican insiders as courageous efforts to correct America?s fiscal trajectory and a stark contrast to a Senate that has not passed a budget in nearly three years. While they have been lightning rods for criticism from the left, Ryan has responded to those critiques bluntly: Where?s your plan?
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That same attitude was on display Saturday.?
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?The commitment Mitt Romney and I make to you is this,? Ryan said, the crowd howling in approval at every pause. ?We won't duck the tough issues ? we will lead! We won't blame others ? we will take responsibility!?
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Romney highlighted Ryan?s style ? two parts earnest, one part policy wonk ? in an introduction that stressed Ryan ?works in Washington ? but his beliefs remain firmly rooted in Janesville.?
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Ryan ?understands that honorable people can have honest differences. And he appeals to the better angels of our nature. There are a lot of people in the other party who might disagree with Paul Ryan,? Romney said. ?I don?t know of anyone who doesn?t respect his character and judgment.??
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And it is Ryan?s most important judgment that America?s system of taxing and spending ? with an emphasis on the spending side, particularly on entitlement programs ? is broken.?
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?Politicians from both parties have made empty promises which will soon become broken promises, with painful consequences, if we fail to act now,? Ryan said.?
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But one line, near the end of Ryan?s speech, may encapsulate both the promise and the peril of Ryan?s new place beside Mitt Romney.?
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?We can turn this thing around. Real solutions can be delivered. But it will take leadership,? Ryan said. ?And the courage to tell you the truth.?
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The crowd took this last clause as a signal to roar their approval.?
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But Democrats think the truth about Ryan?s budget plans, particularly on Medicare and Social Security, may be enough to bury not only Romney?s presidential hopes but Senate and House Republicans in tough November contests.?
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The committee charged with electing Democrats to the House of Representatives sent out a fundraising appeal just as Ryan?s speech concluded that speaks to how Democrats will attempt to portray Ryan in the weeks to come.?
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?Romney just named Paul Ryan as his Vice Presidential nominee,? wrote Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Executive Director Robby Mook. ?Yeah ? THAT Paul Ryan. The architect of the Republican plan to kill Medicare.?
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In the Senate, too, the Ryan budget presents political complications.
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