From the Pens at Politico to God's Ear

Bowing to the tea party hot air and bent on picking an ideologue intent on destroying the social safety net for seniors and disabled Americans, Republican operatives fret "Richie Rich" Romney may have not only sunk his own candidacy like the Titanic but torpedoed other candidates down the ballot who now will have to defend their votes to starve our grandparents

[ ....Away from the cameras, and with all the usual assurances that people aren’t being quoted by name, there is an unmistakable consensus among Republican operatives in Washington: Romney has taken a risk with Ryan that has only a modest chance of going right — and a huge chance of going horribly wrong....

The most cutting criticism of Ryan, shared only by a handful of strategists, is that Ryan isn’t ready to be president — or doesn’t come across as ready. A youthful man who looks even younger than his 42 years, Ryan could end up labeled as Sarah Palin with a PowerPoint presentation, several operatives said.

“He just doesn’t seem like he can step into the job on Day One,” said the strategist, who professed himself a Ryan fan.

And that’s just what it does to the Romney-Ryan ticket. Forget how it plays in close House and Senate races....

Another strategist emailed midway through Romney and Ryan’s first joint event Saturday: “The good news is that this ticket now has a vision. The bad news is that vision is basically just a chart of numbers used to justify policies that are extremely unpopular.”]
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Apologies to all for gratuitous Richie Rich reference 'cause at least that fictional kid had a conscience unlike the 2 ass clowns on Republican ticket.