re: #7 Brother Holy Cruise Missile of Mild Acceptance

I think it will come down to either Portman or Ryan and the base may force him to pick Ryan. By choosing either one he reinforces his image as either someone who wants to return to the Bush era (Portman) or someone who really doesn’t care about the middle class and the poor (Ryan). He’s screwed either way.

He’s more screwed to independents by picking Ryan, who is the poster-child for cruel conservatism, but he’d lose more of the base by not picking Ryan or an equivalent heartless jerk.