Was Paul Ryan a good VP pick for Mitt Romney? (user search)
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The Right Honourable Martin Brian Mulroney PC CC GOQ
laddicus finch
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« on: May 25, 2021, 06:24:33 PM »
No. Romney's biggest weakness IMO was his image as a rich guy in a suit who was born into wealth and didn't relate to the economic hardship that middle and working class Americans had felt during economic downturn. A free market fundamentalist like Paul Ryan was hardly going to challenge that perception.
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laddicus finch
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« Reply #1 on: May 25, 2021, 07:08:30 PM »
Quote from: beesley on May 25, 2021, 10:07:21 AM
No, but people are acting like replacing Ryan would've drastically changed the race. He was a 'less bad' pick than Palin (as a candidate) or Lieberman (electoral ramifications).

VP picks rarely have a dramatic effect on a campaign anyway. Usually their purpose is to balance out the candidate's weak spots which I don't think Ryan did for Romney, but it's not like Paul Ryan sank Romney's campaign or anything like that.
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