Does Paul Ryan increase enthusiasm/GOTV for Romney or Obama or both?

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What seems curious to me about the Ryan pick is that, presumably, of all the components of the Republican coalition, it was the people focused on economic issues who were probably the most excited by Romney. So I don't know how many voters will be excited by Ryan who weren't already excited by Romney, or how many Republican voters who were unenthused by Romney who will suddenly get excited because Ryan's on the ticket.

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Republicans this year sound so eerily like Democrats in 2004. Back then, we were angry at what a Republican president had done to the country, knew he had really lukewarm approval ratings, and knew that the polls were close all year, and we (or many of us) were convinced that all of those factors would somehow turn into victory in November.
Not saying that history has to repeat itself, but I do feel a bit of deja-vu reading what Republicans are saying about the race right now.