Paul Ryan Should Be the Ross Perot of 2012
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Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) -- The traditional roles of a U.S.presidential running mate are ticket balancer and attack dog.With their choices of Al Gore and Dick Cheney, Bill Clinton andGeorge W. Bush added another: the brainy policy partner withbig-picture views.
Mitt Romney, the presumptive Republican presidentialnominee, is following that model in picking Paul Ryan. Ryanfires up the party’s base, but he’s also a policy wonk who couldactually help a victorious candidate govern.