bragging that they didn t vote for this toxic paul ryan kill medicare thing. heather wilson, the republican nominee for senate in new mexico was careful to tell her home town newspaper, i didn t agree with everything in the ryan plan. i was concerned with some of his approaches to medicare. even slightly wacky linda mcmahon is running away from the paul ryan plan saying she would never support a budget like that. my friend steve benin who writes at maddowblog.com has had a useful framing for thinking about mhow candidates pick vice presidential nominees. they re almost augusts or novembers or januarys. the strongest possible candidate will pick a january. pick somebody who will help them govern once they get elected. sort of middle of the road candidate will pick somebody with an eye toward november. november, somebody who will help them get elected in the general election in november. somebody who would help them appeal to a broad swath of the
money. they had a terrible summer. i m not saying they believe the wheels were coming off and the axel was dragging, but they had a coughing engine. so they wanted a game changer. they have gotten that game changer. it is a risk for romney, but a risk he apparently felt he had to take. which before this vice presidential nominee, romney s target was obama s failures. now, the target at least for the time being, and i think it will carry through convention time, is what about this ryan that he picked? what does it tell us? it s also indicative when he announced the selection of ryan, romney was all for ryan. i m for him. he s my guy. he and i are together. but the time he got to the 60 minutes appearance, 48 hours or less afterward, he had changed once again. i would submit rightly or wrongly, this plays into the persemgz that romney goes this way and that way, that he s a flip-flopper. another thing about the ticket that hasn t been talked about much. i think he picked ryan partly beca
and then abc news reported he was spotted spending some time in the gym. i don t know why they re avoiding the orlando stop. is there a rational reason for the republican new ticket to avoid a lot of time in florida right now? absolutely. you covered it when you covered the newspaper headlines in florida saying rather straight out that ryan could be a problem for romney in florida. my personal opinion before this vice presidential pick was that florida was shaded probably for romney. now, i think it s shaded at least slightly for obama. one thing we need to keep in mind, rachel, and i m reminded myself, i have been covering politics since way before tim tebow was born, but these things unfold as time goes on. and while right now ryan looks like he is toxic for the ticket, it could be as we get deeper in the campaign, that this intelligent man, he is intelligent and serious man, will show something that people do not now see. it s a caution flag that in the
so they wanted a game changer. they have gotten that game changer. it is a risk for romney, but a risk he apparently felt he had to take. which before this vice presidential nominee, romney s target was obama s failures. now, the target at least for the time being, and i think it will carry through convention time, is what about this ryan that he picked? what does it tell us? it s also indicative when he announced the selection of ryan, romney was all for ryan. i m for him. he s my guy. he and i are together. but the time he got to the 60 minutes appearance, 48 hours or less afterward, he had changed once again. i would submit rightly or wrongly, this plays into the perception that romney goes this way and that way, that he s a flip-flopper. another thing about the ticket that hasn t been talked about much. i think he picked ryan partly because he was roman catholic and he felt he needed a catholic on the ticket to help him with the republican base. but this is the first ticket,
avoiding the orlando stop. is there a rational reason for the republican new ticket to avoid a lot of time in florida right now? absolutely. you covered it when you covered the newspaper headlines in florida saying rather straight out that ryan could be a problem for romney in florida. my personal opinion before this vice presidential pick was that florida was shaded probably for romney. now, i think it s shaded at least slightly for obama. one thing we need to keep in mind, rachel, and i m reminded myself, i have been covering politics since way before tim tebow was born, but these things unfold as time goes on. and while right now ryan looks like he is toxic for the ticket, it could be as we get deeper in the campaign, that this intelligent man, he is intelligent and serious man, will show something that people do not now see. it s a caution flag that in the early going, it s easy based on his record to say, he violates