AP: Paul Ryan To Begin Airing TV Ads For His Wis. House Seat

[ProSense]

AP: Paul Ryan To Begin Airing TV Ads For His Wis. House Seat

Rep. Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney's running mate, will begin airing ads defending his House seat in Wisconsin, the Associated Press reports. The ads will begin airing Wednesday.

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/ap-paul-ryan-to-begin-airing-tv-ads

Mitt, your running mate isn't really inspiring confidence.

[ananda]

1. LOLOL

[Brickbat]

2. LMAO.

[berni_mccoy]

3. Too bad Romney didn't have a fallback... oh wait

He's stinking rich.

Ryan is a tool. Couldn't even gain WI for the campaign.

[C_U_L8R]

4. Wait what ??

Rmoney didn't get Ryan to sign on exclusively ??
He's gonna run two campaigns ?????
He's giving up on Mitt already ?????????

Oh this is just too funny.

[Qutzupalotl]

12. Senator Lieberman did that in 2000.

A fallback plan of a safe seat. It didn't inspire confidence then, either. But any VP from the House will always have this problem, senators only 1/3 of the time. I think the timing should have been a strike against choosing Lieberman.

[madinmaryland]

25. I'm surprised he had to run any ads. Turns out he was running against a Repuke pedophile.

[BeyondGeography]

5. How can this be happening?

He's so cute.

[barbtries]

6. i guess he thinks

he's going to need that job. hehe

[LondonReign2]

7. Are there any recent polls?

I'm curious how his challenger is doing. I couldn't find anything with The Google.

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

11. I did a search and found this page about SOPA

http://imgur.com/gallery/fREQ5

And this link too: http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2012/08/14/paul-ryans-congressional-opponent-is-forming-an-internet-guerilla-campaign

[AnotherDreamWeaver]

18. http://cannonfire.blogspot.com/2012/08/why-wont-dems-support-rob-zerban.html

As you know, a good candidate named Rob Zerban is vying for Paul Ryan's seat in Wisconsin. Zerban is just the sort of figure the Dems need -- a small business owner and a clean-cut family man who has pledged to support Social Security and Medicare. He's not a stiff, not a hack, and not an extremist.

Initial polling indicates that Zerban stands a decent chance of prevailing, if he can raise enough money to get the message out.

[central scrutinizer]

8. Is he circling the drain clockwise or counter clockwise?

He changes direction so many times it is hard to keep track

[Logical]

9. "Folks, this VP job might not happen, so I need the current job, vote for me!"

[enough]

10. The guy's really in a bind. And the worst of it is,

the fact that he's running ads just makes him look like more of a weasely weasel than ever. This must burn his constituents.

(Obligatory disclaimer to the animal kingdom: no disrespect meant to weasels.)

[jmowreader]

13. Uhh....

John Edwards was a slug, but at least he went all-in on his VP bid when Kerry tapped him as his running mate.

Seriously, guys, when your running mate campaigns for a DIFFERENT OFFICE you know your bid is a lost cause.

[onenote]

16. Edwards isn't the best comparison since he opted not to run for Senate long before being tapped

as Kerry's VP choice. Edwards decided not to run for Senate around the time he decided to run for President.

The closer analogy is Joe Biden, who stayed in the race for reelection to the Senate while he was running for VP. Biden for the most part did not actively campaign for the Senate seat, which differentiates himself from what Ryan apparently is doing.

Its an interesting move by Ryan in that it opens him to ridicule. Moreover, he probably doesn't face a serious risk of losing the House seat. He's won it six time and the lowest total he's gotten is 57 percent (and that was his first campaign). Even though his district went for Obama over McCain in 2008, Ryan still managed to get over 60 percent of the vote last year.

In the end it will be interesting to see if the ads are really that specifically House-seat oriented or whether they are a bit more ambiguous. He has a pretty big warchest (over $5 million on hand) compared to Rob Zerban, his Democratic opponent (who has around $1.5 million on hand).

[gollygee]

14. What is he going to say?

Please vote for me so I can have my second choice as your representative. If I absolutely have to, I'd rather do that than be completely out of work.

I'm not wearing my glasses so there may be typos. Sorry if there are!

[Cha]

15. After the reviews came in for

his Sunday show appearances I guess he's thinking he needs a Plan B.

[tavalon]

33. If I remember correctly,

He doesn't believe in Plan B. After, all he is a Catholic.

[DefenseLawyer]

17. Ryan for Congress 2012: Hedging His Bets for America n/t

[trof]

20. Beat me to it. His Secret Service code name should be "Hedger".

[AzDar]

19. He has to make sure he can still suck on that Government teat on one level, or another...

Typical Randian hypocrite.

[DLnyc]

21. Okay, his opponent is Rob Zerban

Here is a link to a pretty nice campaign video for Zerban

http://www.robzerban.com/videos/rob-zerban-campaign-video

Seems like a pretty good guy.

I donated 25 bucks. And I feel really good about it, too.

[ProSense]

29. Thanks for the link. More

links for Zerban here: Paul Ryan starts running ads. For his Congressional seat.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/09/11/1130481/-Paul-Ryan-starts-running-ads-For-his-Congressional-seat

[mshasta]

22. greedyRyan

he is like a dog chasing two bones ...too big to fit in he's mouth..

[silvershadow]

23. I hope he loses both elections. nt

[julian09]

26. Then he will be a well paid lobbyist. nt

[silvershadow]

27. Thanks for the reminder. I guess he can do damage whether in or out of office. I forgot

for a minute. That said, still, I hope he loses both elections. lol

[existentialist]

24. Paul Ryan running ads for his house seat in Wisconsin indicates

that he is not feeling secure for EITHER the Presidential election or for reelection in his home district.

That's good.

[William769]

28. Recommended.

[DonRedwood]

30. wow....

[Hassin Bin Sober]

31. He hates government so much he can't stand the thought of being off the government teet...

... for a few years.

[tavalon]

32. How Lieberman like!

Well, I'll give him credit for recognizing that the Titanic is going down. He'd like to have some politcal career left. I say we should also concentrate on destroying his chances for house seat. This rat needs to go down with the ship.

[flyguyjake]

34. I hope he goes

down in flames like Michele Bachmann. I think that our citizens aren't drinking the Tea anymore... The tea party is over and people are realizing the hate these extremists are spewing.

The rise and fall of a tea party!

[drlit]

35. Really? Wow... remember when Palin was p.o.'ed that McCain pulled his money out of Michigan...

and she was fired up and wanted to buck the system and GO to Michigan?

Sorta in reverse... Ryan: Can I go back to my seat in Wisconsin now?

"Something is rotten in the state of Denmark".....