Analysis: Ryan choice increases focus on policy - International News - San Francisco Luxury…

Analysis: Ryan choice increases focus on policy - International News

sfluxe.com 12 Aug '12, 12pm

Analysis: Ryan choice increases focus on policy - International News - San Francisco Luxury…

Mitt Romney’s choice of Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as his ticket mate magnifies the sharp philosophical policy divisions between Republicans and Democrats and assures that a lively debate over taxes, deficits and the role of government will command the home stretch of the presidential race. But the selection also is a bold gamble for Romney, one that gave President Barack Obama and other Democrats a wider target at which to aim. In naming Ryan, Romney wed himself far more closely to proposals that have made the 42-year-old House Budget Committee chairman a hero to tea party and other conservative activists and anathema to Democrats. Enshrined in budgets twice passed by the Republican House but so far rejected by the Democratic-run Senate, Ryan’s proposals would rein in federal domestic spending, lower tax rates and overhaul safety-net programs like Medicare and Medicaid for ...

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