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Mitt Romney picks Paul Ryan as VP, AP sources says
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney intends to name Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his vice presidential running mate for the fall campaign, party officials said early Saturday, turning to the architect of a conservative and intensely controversial long-term budget plan to remake Medicare and cut trillions in federal spending.These officials said a formal announcement was set for Norfolk, Va., as the newly minted Republican ticket begins a bus tour through four battleground states in as many days. They spoke on condition of anonymity, saying they were not authorized to disclose the decision. In a statement issued Friday night, Romney's campaign said only that the running mate would be present at 9 a.m. EDT at the Nauticus Museum. The USS Wisconsin is berthed there offering a hint about Ryan's selection. Ryan's selection as well as Romney's own nomination will be ratified by delegates to the Republican National Convention that begins on Aug. 27 in Tampa, Fla. President Barack Obama and Vice President Joseph Biden will be nominated for a second term at the Democratic convention the following week. At 42, Ryan is a generation younger than the 65-year-old Romney. His conservative credentials are highly regarded by fellow Republican House members, while numerous polls found that Romney's own were suspect among the party's core supporters during the primaries of winter and spring. Posted by: tipper 2012-08-11 |
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