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Subscribe to RSSON A CAMPAIGN BUS IN VIRGINIA -- When Mitt Romney introduced Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan as his running mate today, it was the culmination of a still-mysterious process that reached its climactic final stages on Aug 1, when Romney told Beth Myers, his former chief of staff, that he had made a decision: he wanted the House budget chairman on the ticket.
That decision date, supplied by campaign advisers, means that Romney selected Ryan before the congressman's boomlet in conservative media, and on the very day of his return from a week-long trip abroad.
Jessica Rinaldi / Reuters
Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney pushes a shopping cart into Hunters Shop and Save in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire Aug. 6, 2012.
Five days passed before the two men could meet, but this past Sunday, Aug. 5, Ryan came to Romney for a meeting, likely at the presumptive nominee's home in Wolfeboro, N.H., and accepted the offer.
That afternoon, senior staffers huddled at Romney's secluded estate on Lake Winnepesaukee for hours. Strategist Stuart Stevens was there, as were senior advisers Eric Fehrnstrom and Bob White, along with Myers, the head of Romney's VP search. Over the course of an hour in early afternoon, cars began to peel away from the cul-de-sac, but there was no sign of Ryan, who managed to arrive and depart undetected, despite reporters gathered in town for the start of Romney's protective pool the next day.
At the time, one senior adviser told NBC News the meeting was a "strategy session," that had nothing to do with selecting a vice president, a remark that was likely intended to preserve the secrecy of the selection process.
In Wisconsin, there was no sign of Ryan at his home or around town that Sunday, which was also the day of the Oak Creek shooting at a Sikh temple, in the congressman's district.
NBC's Alex Moe contributed to this report.
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And yet, many Republicans forget that women still get to vote (for now). How many of us are going to vote against the right to control our own bodies? Making abortions illegal (even to save the life of the mother) and criminalizing birth control--even *Mississippi* voted against that, just this last year.
Oh, yes, I really {sarcasm alert} want to vote for someone who wants to make a 12 year girl have her daddy's baby--and then abandon her to starve or put her in prison as a bad mother.
Just hoping as an independant, whoever is President of the United States Of America in 2013 will unite this country treating all races & states equally, following the Constitution as it is written. Letting small bussiness grow to its full potential with-out government intervention or additional bureaucracy to hamper its success. Not granting waivers to any special interest and most of all , putting America first before any other party lines uniting both partys showing humility to listen to all points of view making decisions that are transparent to We The People his employer.
and you can take that from a non-partisan/independent point of view. Mine.
From your postings I see a reversal of non-partisan/independent point of view. But I still have my hopes there are some out there !
Not at all U.S.Vet.
True, I am pro-OBAMA/BIDEN 2012, but not pro-Democrat.
Partisan means to be totally for one party, and against all other parties.
I have NEVER voted a straight party ticket in my life. Only fools do that. And those kind of fools are partisans.
I vote for the individual candidate who I feel is best for my country and my community. In the case of the presidential election, the choice is easy...
In the case of my state and local elections, I have and am voting for a mix of Democrats, Republicans and others.
I am non-partisan. You can believe that or don't. What you believe makes no difference to me.
Mitt where are your tax returns and Cayman Island Banks.The Ryan plan cannot work.
You guys want to Screw America again.
Remember Bush/Cheney. And the party of NO.
Happy Landings.
OBAMA/BIDEN in 2012
I'm not interested in living in a country where people decide it's right to give benefits to all and to pay for that by saying it's moral/right to get the money from someone else. We make governing this country too complicated - running the country should be just like running your household - if you don't have the money for a new car is it OK to say my neighbor has money I'll take some of his to pay for it. We're changing the US into a place where more people get benefits for free AND they think it's OK to say someone else should pay. Am I the only one who thinks that's a recipe for the end of the American dream?
Don't like Obama or Romney? You have another choice. Vote outside the two-party system! In fact, every president on Mount Rushmore ran for office outside the two-party system. Coincidence? Vote Libertarian 2012!
It would be good to see Ron Paul make a complete break with the GOP and give some real effort to building The Libertarian Party to compete, and hopefully supplant the GOP from this time forward.
June 16, 2012 AP report about Paul Ryan states among other things: "The ascent has been swift for Ryan, who was voted prom king and the "Biggest Brown-Noser" of his 1988 high school class before leaving for college in Ohio."
Picture in article shows Romney pushing a shopping cart.... I don't think so.... next!