{"id":15176,"date":"2012-08-21T21:04:21","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T01:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=15176"},"modified":"2012-08-21T21:04:21","modified_gmt":"2012-08-22T01:04:21","slug":"the-impact-of-paul-ryan-on-the-presidential-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=15176","title":{"rendered":"The Impact Of Paul Ryan On The Presidential Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday Fred Barnes<\/a> posted an article at the Wall Street Journal<\/a> explaining how Mitt Romney<\/a>‘s choice of Paul Ryan<\/a> as his Vice-Presidential<\/a> running mate<\/a> has impacted the presidential campaign<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The choice of Paul Ryan has moved the future of Medicare<\/a> to the front of the debate.<\/p>\n

The article states:<\/p>\n

The economy remains a central issue, as do Mr. Obama’s overall record and Mr. Romney’s past one. But now the looming fiscal crisis, Medicare, and the size and role of government are front and center of the campaign. The presidential contest has been elevated into a clash of big ideas and fundamental differences. Neither presidential candidate<\/a>, but especially Mr. Obama, could have imagined this. Credit Mr. Ryan.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This shift has been damaging to the president and helpful to Mr. Romney. The slogan of Mr. Obama’s campaign<\/a> is “Forward,” but he’s become the status-quo candidate. Mr. Romney, having adopted slightly revised versions of Mr. Ryan’s bold plans for reducing spending and reforming Medicare, is now the candidate of change. This might have happened to some extent without Mr. Ryan in the race, but it certainly wasn’t inevitable.<\/strong><\/p>\n

There have been a lot of personal attacks on Mitt Romney from the Obama camp during this campaign. Mitt Romney has been accused of being responsible for the cancer death of someone’s wife, insinuations have been made that there is something unseemly about his wealth, and he has been accused of all sorts of nefarious things. The addition of Paul Ryan to the ticket will not only spread out the attack–it will change to debate to actual substance.<\/p>\n

The more Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan talk about issues, the more foolish the President’s minions look when they engage in personal attacks.<\/p>\n

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