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2:31 AM ET, August 12, 2012

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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.
Discussion: 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.
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 …
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.
Discussion: 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.
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 …
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.
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 …
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
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.
Discussion: 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.
CNN:
Romney camp prepares Medicare defense after Ryan pick
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Paul Ryan  —  Leave it to Willard Romney, international man …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Obama camp takes first shot at Ryan
Emily Goodin / Ballot Box:
Ryan can run for House seat, VP at same time under Wis. state law
Discussion: Booman Tribune
Amie Parnes / The Hill:
Biden calls Ryan to offer congratulations, welcome him to race
Discussion: CNN and Jammie Wearing Fools
Igor Volsky / ThinkProgress:
12 Things You Should Know About Vice Presidential Candidate Paul Ryan
Wall Street Journal:
Romney Pick Ensures Different Kind of Race
Discussion: Instapundit and The PJ Tatler
Laura Bassett / The Huffington Post:
Paul Ryan Sponsored Fetal Personhood Bill, Opposes Family Planning Funds
Jeff Zeleny / New York Times:
Romney Picks Paul Ryan of Wisconsin
Stephen Dinan / Washington Times:
Obama and Ryan have tangled repeatedly
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Obama had similar ‘next president’ gaffe at Biden roll-out
Discussion: News Desk and NPR
Meghashyam Mali / The Hill:
Republican House, Senate leaders praise Romney, Ryan presidential ticket
Discussion: Politico
Kasie Hunt / Associated Press:
Romney names Paul Ryan his No. 2
Discussion: Inside Higher Ed
Paul Ryan / CNN:
Exclusive: How Romney chose his running mate
Discussion: Ballot Box
Washington Post:
Paul Ryan is Romney's VP pick, setting up stark choice on budget issues
Discussion: NPR, American Prospect and alicublog
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.
Discussion: 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.
Discussion: KXAN-TV
 
 
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