{"id":28864,"date":"2012-08-13T07:03:29","date_gmt":"2012-08-13T13:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=28864"},"modified":"2012-08-13T07:03:29","modified_gmt":"2012-08-13T13:03:29","slug":"election-news-from-2012-08-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/13\/election-news-from-2012-08-12.html","title":{"rendered":"Election News from 2012-08-12"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ryan and Romney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Was it odd timing that Ryan was announced on a Saturday morning? \u00a0Or was it to lock in the discussions on the Sunday talk shows? \u00a0Or does anyone pay any attention to the Sunday talk shows any more?<\/p>\n

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  1. Romney\/Ryan<\/a>\u00a0– Okay, I was surprised that Romney didn’t go for someone to solidify the Religious Right vote. On the other hand, I’m not surprised he went for someone to solidify the “ice flow economics” vote.<\/li>\n
  2. The Romney-Ryan Budget<\/a>\u00a0– Not quite sure why one of the Romney camp’s first announcements, after bringing on Paul Ryan who is known almost exclusively for his budget plans, was that Romney isn’t running on Paul Ryan’s budget plans.<\/li>\n
  3. Tax returns for me but not for thee<\/a>\u00a0– So Mitt’s tax returns are off-limits to the electorate, but his VP candidates’ tax returns were all reviewed for several years back. \u00a0Got it.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Was it odd timing that Ryan was announced on a Saturday morning? \u00a0Or was it to lock in the discussions on the Sunday talk shows? \u00a0Or does anyone pay any attention to the Sunday talk shows any more? Romney\/Ryan\u00a0– Okay, I was surprised that Romney didn’t go for someone to solidify the Religious Right vote. … Continue reading “Election News from 2012-08-12”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28865,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[99],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-elections-2012"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/romney_ryan.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28923,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/11\/romneyryan.html","url_meta":{"origin":28864,"position":0},"title":"Romney\/Ryan","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 11-Aug-12 8:59am","format":false,"excerpt":"I have to admit, I'm surprised. Ryan has been talked about a lot as a VP candidate, but I've never thought he added that much to Romney' strengths. \u00a0They're both pro-business, both pro-tax-cut, both pro-\"help the rich and maybe that will make the country better for the poor, as a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":28919,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/08\/11\/the-romney-ryan-budget.html","url_meta":{"origin":28864,"position":1},"title":"The Romney-Ryan Budget","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 11-Aug-12 1:41pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Expect to hear that phrase a lot in the next 3 months. \u00a0Romney clearly picked Ryan as VP to draw in the \"fiscal conservative (if not draconian)\" aura of the Wisconsin congressman.\u00a0But he's trying to have his cake and eat it, too, as he immediately follows up with 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