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Paul Ryan was selected because he is the perfect person for the job. Romney could of selected a minority or woman which probably would of helped him the most at election time, but he selected Ryan because of his expertise in budgets and the economy. The number one problem facing this country is the economy so why not team with the best candidate available, not the one that will get you elected the easiest.

Even Erskine Bowles agrees with Ryan's plans.

And by the way, Ryan's plans does not include dismantling Medicare that's a continual lie. As it stands now, Medicare will not be around for long and with Obama stealing more money from Medicare for ObamaCare, none of us Baby Boomers will ever see a dime from Medicare. Ryan's plan will keep Medicare alive.

Congressman Paul Ryan is the poster boy for the extreme Republican leadership in a Congress whose overall approval rating is 12 percent. His plan to dismantle Medicare is deeply unpopular with the general public, and especially undecided voters.

You might be wondering why the **** Romney picked this guy. But this is a strategic pick that carries real danger for us.

Here's the calculation: Mitt Romney doesn't need or expect Paul Ryan to convince even one undecided voter to cast their ballot for him. That's not what he's on the ticket for. He's there to reassure and inspire ultraconservative ideologues and corporate interests that they will have one of their own a heartbeat from the presidency.

That means tens or even hundreds of millions more dollars for the Romney campaign and the array of outside groups supporting him -- and if current trends hold, more than 90 percent of that money will be spent on TV ads -- lying, distorting and trashing Barack Obama. Those ads will have more impact on undecided voters than anything Paul Ryan himself does or says.