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Nate Silver / FiveThirtyEight:
A Risky Rationale Behind Romney's Choice of Ryan — When is it rational to take a big risk? — When the status quo wasn't proceeding in a way that you felt was favorable. When you have less to lose. When you needed — pardon the cliché, but it's appropriate here — a “game change”.
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Matthew O'Brien / The Atlantic Online:
Mitt Romney Would Pay 0.82 Percent in Taxes Under Paul Ryan's Plan — Paul Ryan's plan is a path to prosperity for Mitt Romney — Under Paul Ryan's plan, Mitt Romney wouldn't pay any taxes for the next ten years — or any of the years after that. Now, do I know that that's true. Yes, I'm certain.
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Daily Kos and The Agonist
John Parkinson / ABCNEWS:
How Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan Tricked the Press — Mitt Romney decided on Paul Ryan on Aug. 1, the day after returning from his trip overseas to the Olympics in London and to Israel and Poland. The candidate and his campaign kept the secret for nine days, according to campaign sources.
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Outside the Beltway and Riehl World View
Alec MacGillis / The New Republic:
Why Ryan Makes Romney's Tax Problem Even Worse — Already, there is a curious bit of conventional wisdom taking hold that Mitt Romney's choice of Paul Ryan is shrewd because it will draw attention from Romney's ever-more apparent weaknesses, notably the more rapacious elements of his work …
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CNN:
Romney forced to backpedal after thorny Virginia endorsement — Richmond, Virginia (CNN) - Mitt Romney's campaign awkwardly backpedaled Saturday after the presumptive Republican presidential nominee waded into a contentious GOP primary fight in Virginia during his second campaign event alongside his new running mate Paul Ryan.
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The Impolitic and Politico
Ross Douthat:
Why Paul Ryan? — I did not think that Mitt Romney would choose the Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan as his running mate. Nor did I think that Romney should pick Ryan as his number two. But now that he's done so, let's consider what might have made the presumptive Republican nominee choose the way he did.
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Niall Stanage / Ballot Box:
In Ryan pick, echoes of Obama's selection of Vice President Biden — For two men who are so different in almost every respect, President Obama and Mitt Romney have chosen running mates with strikingly similar cultural contours. — In 2008, the youthful, black, Democratic son …
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NO QUARTER and Jammie Wearing Fools
Noel Sheppard / NewsBusters.org blogs:
CNN's Candy Crowley Claims Some GOPers Think Ryan Pick ‘Some Sort of Ticket Death Wish’ — As NewsBusters has been noting all Saturday morning, now that Paul Ryan has been chosen as Mitt Romney's running mate, the goal of the Obama-loving media is to rip him to shreds.
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RealClearPolitics Video Log, Weekly Standard and Sense of Events
William Saletan / Slate:
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.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
It's Paul Ryan's Party: With Romney VP Pick, Movement Conservatives Openly Control GOP at Last — I'm not sure I believe in Freudian slips, and Barack Obama made a similar mistake when he introduced Joe Biden four years ago, but what the hell: When Mitt Romney slipped up this morning …
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Taylor Marsh, Paul Krugman and No More Mister Nice Blog
Major Garrett / NationalJournal.com:
Obama Team Salivates Over Ryan Pick — The president's campaign sees the Romney-Ryan ticket as a partner on the Obama road to victory. — Whether it's true or not, senior advisers to President Obama's re-election campaign believed, long before presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney picked Wisconsin
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The Atlantic Online, Outside the Beltway and 2012 Decoded
Evan McMorris-Santoro / 2012.talkingpointsmemo.com:
TPM2012 — Mitt Romney: I'm Running With Paul Ryan, But Not On The Ryan Budget — Within minutes of physically embracing his new running mate Paul Ryan on a Norfolk, Va., stage, Mitt Romney was distancing himself from Ryan's controversial House budget proposal.
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The Moderate Voice and CNN
David Frum / The Daily Beast:
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.
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Michael Tomasky / The Daily Beast:
Michael Tomasky on Romney's Stunning, Terrible Choice of Ryan for VP
Michael Tomasky on Romney's Stunning, Terrible Choice of Ryan for VP
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CNN:
Romney camp prepares Medicare defense after Ryan pick
Romney camp prepares Medicare defense after Ryan pick
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Michael Falcone / ABCNEWS:
Internal Talking Points: Romney Will Push His ‘Own’ Budget Proposal,Not Paul Ryan's Plan
Internal Talking Points: Romney Will Push His ‘Own’ Budget Proposal,Not Paul Ryan's Plan
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Obama camp takes first shot at Ryan
Obama camp takes first shot at Ryan
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New York Magazine, americanthinker.com, Reuters and Business Insider
Emily Goodin / Ballot Box:
Ryan can run for House seat, VP at same time under Wis. state law
Ryan can run for House seat, VP at same time under Wis. state law
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Booman Tribune
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Biden calls Ryan to offer congratulations, welcome him to race
Biden calls Ryan to offer congratulations, welcome him to race
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CNN and Jammie Wearing Fools
Michelle Malkin:
Romney/Ryan 2012: This is what “FORWARD” really looks like
Romney/Ryan 2012: This is what “FORWARD” really looks like
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Noam Scheiber / The New Republic:
Just One Reason to Pick Ryan: Blame the Loss on Conservatives
Just One Reason to Pick Ryan: Blame the Loss on Conservatives
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Wall Street Journal:
Romney Pick Ensures Different Kind of Race
Romney Pick Ensures Different Kind of Race
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Instapundit and The PJ Tatler
Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:
Paul Ryan Sponsored Fetal Personhood Bill, Opposes Family Planning Funds
Paul Ryan Sponsored Fetal Personhood Bill, Opposes Family Planning Funds
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Little Green Footballs and Suburban Guerrilla
Tommy Christopher / Mediaite:
Vice President Biden Calls To Congratulate ‘Radical’ VP Selection Paul Ryan
Vice President Biden Calls To Congratulate ‘Radical’ VP Selection Paul Ryan
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Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Obama and Ryan have tangled repeatedly
Obama and Ryan have tangled repeatedly
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Instapundit, The Spectacle Blog and Weekly Standard
David Nather / Reuters:
VP primer: Paul Ryan's Medicare plan
VP primer: Paul Ryan's Medicare plan
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Politico, CNN, Guardian, Constitution Daily, The Moderate Voice and ABCNEWS
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Republican House, Senate leaders praise Romney, Ryan presidential ticket
Republican House, Senate leaders praise Romney, Ryan presidential ticket
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Politico
James Fallows / The Atlantic Online:
Paul Ryan: A Good Choice, but Please, Not a ‘Serious’ One
Paul Ryan: A Good Choice, but Please, Not a ‘Serious’ One
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Hadeel Al Shalchi / Reuters:
U.S., Turkey to explore imposing Syria no-fly zone — (Reuters) - The United States and Turkey indicated on Saturday they were studying a range of measures, including a no-fly zone, as battles between Syrian rebels and President Bashar al-Assad's forces shook Aleppo and the heart of Damascus.
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The PJ Tatler
Ruben Navarrette Jr. / CNN:
U.S. Olympic athlete, Mexican flag? — Editor's note: Ruben Navarrette is a CNN contributor and a nationally syndicated columnist with the Washington Post Writers Group. Follow him on Twitter: @rubennavarrette. — San Diego (CNN) — Every few years, I reassess how I feel about Mexican-Americans who wave Mexican flags.
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