Lotsa luck.
If history tell us anything, it's that VP picks do not determine who wins the race. Remember how everyone went gaga over Sarah Palin, a made-for-TV matinee idol? McCain lost anyway. And Ryan, handicapped by having brains (and just possibly, a soul), is no Palin -- thank God.
Anyway, expect a flood of silly, hyperventilating stories like this one from Slate (my comments are embedded in brackets):
"The conventional wisdom [um, and 224 years of American history] is clear. Running mates can clearly hurt a presidential campaign [see Palin], but they really don’t make much of a difference in helping a candidate win [correctamundo]. But [you knew a "but" was coming] there are three big reasons why the Ryan selection could be different [aw shucks, just three?]. First of all, as Politico points out [stop -- Politico? The folks who put the hype in hyperventilate?], it changes Romney’s basic strategy about the race: Make it about Barack Obama [it already is about Obama, bro]. It also could vastly [repeat, vastly!] help Romney erase persistent doubts about his conservative credentials among some of the most important members of the GOP base, points out the Wall Street Journal [yeah, the I-hate-Obama crowd who will vote for Mitt by default and not get him any closer to winning]. And it virtually assures that the country’s fiscal challenges will take center stage in the campaign, writes the Washington Post." [Which is exactly what Team Obama has been salivating for all along. As the Road Runner would say, "Beep Beep!"]We now return you to our regularly scheduled Olympics coverage.
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