12 Things You Should Know About Vice Presidential Candidate Paul Ryan  —  Mitt Romney has picked as his running mate 42 year-old Republican Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI), the architect of the GOP budget, which the New York Times has described as “the most extreme budget plan passed by a house of Congress in modern times.”

Paul Ryan  —  Leave it to Willard Romney, international man of principle, to get himself bullied into being bold and independent.  —  Make no mistake.  In his decision to make Paul Ryan, the zombie-eyed granny-starver from Wisconsin, his running mate, Romney finally surrendered …

Romney Prepares to Pick Ryan  —  Elm Grove, Wisc.  & Washington, D.C.  —  THE WEEKLY STANDARD has learned that the Romney campaign has begun to prepare a vigorous effort in support of Paul Ryan if he is selected as Mitt Romney's vice presidential pick—something now likely to happen soon.

Why I Love Paul Ryan  —  He's what a Republican should be: an honest, open-minded, solution-oriented fiscal conservative.  —  A wonderful thing has happened for this country.  Paul Ryan will be the Republican nominee for vice president.  —  Ryan is a real fiscal conservative.

Romney camp prepares Medicare defense after Ryan pick  —  Richmond, Virginia (CNN) - With Paul Ryan's controversial entitlement reform plan certain to take center stage in the presidential campaign now that the Wisconsin congressman has been tapped as Mitt Romney's running mate …

Paul Ryan: A Good Choice, but Please, Not a ‘Serious’ One  —  I think the choice of Rep. Paul Ryan as Mitt Romney's running mate is a good one for the country.  It makes the race “about” something, beyond just being a negative referendum on how the economy is going under Obama.

Michael Tomasky on Romney's Stunning, Terrible Choice of Ryan for VP  —  So much for Romney making a pick that says something about his own views (whatever they are).  Instead, he feared what Bill Kristol might say and buckled under.  As always.  —  Paul Ryan?  Really?  It's a stunning choice.

VP primer: Paul Ryan's Medicare plan  —  Meet the new addition to the Republican presidential ticket: Paul Ryan's Medicare plan.  —  It's made Ryan a hero on the right and a lightning rod for criticism from the left.  And if, as expected, Mitt Romney names Ryan as his running mate Saturday morning …

Romney Picks Paul Ryan of Wisconsin  —  WASHINGTON - Mitt Romney has chosen Representative Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin to be his running mate and will introduce him on Saturday morning in Norfolk, Va., the campaign said, a selection that shakes up the presidential race and presents a Republican ticket …

Mitt Romney picks Paul Ryan as running mate  —  Mitt Romney has selected House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis) as his running mate, and will unveil the ticket at an event in Norfolk, Va. Saturday morning, Republican sources confirmed to POLITICO.

Why Ryan?  —  U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.)  (T.J. Kirkpatrick/Getty Images)  —  Mitt Romney is a famously cautious man, very alert to downside risks.  Yet by selecting Paul Ryan as his running mate (assuming the late-night reports are indeed correct) Romney has taken an awesome ideological gamble.

Paul Ryan Is Not a Vice President.  Paul Ryan Is a Fake.  —  One day, some years from now, I'm going to figure out how Paul Ryan, the zombie-eyed granny-starver from Wisconsin, managed to fool so many people for so long.  He's a garden-variety supply-side faker.

Internal Talking Points: Romney Will Push His ‘Own’ Budget Proposal,Not Paul Ryan's Plan  —  ABC News' Michael Falcone reports:  —  NORFOLK, Va. — Does Mitt Romney's selection of Paul Ryan as his running mate mean that the former Massachusetts governor will embrace the Wisconsin congressman's budget plan?