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Cheney on Ryan: ‘I can’t think of a better choice’ for VP
The man who selected himself to be former President George W. Bush’s running mate says that he “can’t think of a better choice” than Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) to share the Republican ticket with Mitt Romney. “I’m a big fan of Paul’s,” former Vice President Dick Cheney told Fox News…
Voting record analysis finds Paul Ryan most extreme VP nominee in a century
Rep. Paul Ryan is the most ideologically far-from-center vice presidential nominee since at least 1900, according to one statistical analysis of historical Congressional voting records. Based on the DW-NOMINATE model, Ryan’s record makes him the most extreme nominee from either party during that stretch, meaning he is not only ranked…
Top Romney adviser: He ‘would have signed’ Ryan’s budget
As Mitt Romney’s campaign was trying to distance itself from his running mate’s proposed budget on Sunday, senior adviser Ed Gillespie admitted that the candidate “would have signed” Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) controversial plan. After the Republican presidential hopeful on Saturday announced that he had selected Ryan as the vice…
Axelrod: Ryan plan is a ‘prescription for economic catastrophe’
Obama campaign senior adviser David Axelrod on Sunday warned that the budget plan authored by presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s running mate, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), was a “prescription for economic catastrophe.” During an interview on NBC, host David Gregory predicted that Romney and his VP pick would claim…
Anti-gay group praises Paul Ryan’s ‘pro-marriage’ stance
The National Organization of Marriage (NOM) praised Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) on Saturday after it was announced he was Mitt Romney’s running mate. In a blog post, the organization noted several “pro-marriage” votes that Ryan made in Congress. The Wisconsin congressman voted in favor of a constitutional amendment to define…
McCain says Ryan is a ‘bold choice’ like Palin
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) on Sunday compared GOP hopeful Mitt Romney’s selection of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) for vice president to his 2008 pick of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R). During an interview on Fox News, guest host John Roberts told McCain that there is “danger that the running…
Official Romney talking point: ‘The ticket is no different that Obama and Biden’
Shortly after the former Massachusetts governor’s announcement that Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) would be his running mate, the Romney campaign released a document that aggregates all the bad things they think President Barack Obama might say about Ryan, in order to offer a series of talking points in response. Half-way…
Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan to be Mitt Romney’s VP choice
Following information that former Governor Mitt Romney (R-MA) would announce his choice for Vice President outside the USS Wisconsin in Norfolk, Virgina, sources have confirmed that the nominee will be Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI). Those sources confirmed to MSNBC that Tagg Romney was the person who told former governor Tim…
Watch live: Walker and Holder attend vigil for Sikh shooting victims
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder attend a vigil for the Sunday shooting at a Sikh temple in Oak Cree, Wisconsin that claimed the lives of seven people, including the gunman who killed himself. Watch live, broadcast on MSNBC on Aug. 10.…
Radio host: ‘Pistol whip’ the nuns who are protesting Paul Ryan
A conservative radio host says that the Catholic nuns who have embarked on a nine-state bus tour to protest the injustice of Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-WI) proposed budget deserve to be beaten with a handgun because they “threw the first punch.” “There’s a bus full of nuns headed towards Washington…
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