re: #11 HappyWarrior

They sound nervous. SOme of the others sound delusional. Ryan’s not going to help with younger voters. He’s two years younger than Palin was and his very social conservative views aren’t at all compatible with the more socially liberal younger voters. And he’s really not going to appeal to Catholics either. Yeah, he’s Catholic but so is Biden. Ryan’s economic views are unappealing to Catholic voters. It’ll be like how Romney in fact beat the Catholic Santorum with Catholic voters in the primaries.

Ryan doesn’t make social issues his focus, and I think he’ll actually resonate better than you think with younger voters. What he should do to ensure that is talk about how he’s going to make sure that a restructured Medicare exists when they retire, and that if things aren’t changed the system will have collapsed long before that time. He’s the man with a plan, and Obama’s “big fuckin’ deal” hasn’t saved Medicare, only postponed its bankruptcy for a few years.