That's one way to split the ticket, I guess.
You gotta respect the strategy of the timing of the announcement, though. A third of the country's not even awake when the news breaks and by the time everyone's caught up, it's Monday and it's all old news. Not only does it limit the dull thud of the Incredibly Boring White Guy announcement--giving people time to get used to the idea before they even know about it--it also takes the air out of the snarky analyses of the ever-bored commentariat. It's Saturday morning; no one's reading this shit.
But there'll be time for more as the months roll along: the conventions are coming up, the gaffes will continue. In the meantime, I recommend this New Republic article about just why the Ryan pick confirms the dual images of Mittens as both an unfeeling corporate robot and a man sorely out of touch with the present needs of anyone beyond himself. A man who always has been and still is banking on an Obama collapse rather than a Romney success. A man who won't bother to win the presidency because he thinks he can safely default into it.
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