Monday, August 13, 2012

Representative Paul Ryan was among the leadership with a dismal approval rating.

Congressional Job Approval (click title to entry - thank you)


...All the members are off on a five-week recess, after which they'll return for a few days, then go away again, then hobble back as lame ducks. This is going to do terrible things to the congressional approval rating, which had climbed all the way up to 17 percent at one point this year. Now it's sunk to BP oil spill level, and it's only a matter of time before we're back to the point where poll respondents say they have a more favorable attitude toward "the U.S. becoming communist."...

I know Romney was hoping for another Palin, but, I think he got a Quail. Even within the party there are not high approvals of Ryan. What was he thinking? If he wanted a Palin he should have gone with Palin. I don't see the upside to any of this. Ryan's budget and Medicare proposal are morphing all the time. One never knows if Ryan is serious or getting testing the waters, yet again.

I don't doubt he is sincere about the nation's problems or that he is a nice man, but, in all honesty he isn't ready to be President. Romney should have chosen the mature ticket and gone with Pawlenty. Ryan is not ready, but, neither was Dan Quail. The GOP does this all the time.

Poll: 39% Hold Favorable Opinion of Ryan (click here)
Saturday, 11 Aug 2012 12:01 PM

Voters have 39 percent favorable opinion of Mitt Romney's vice presidential running mate, Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, according to earlier polling, while 25 percent held a negative review, according to pollster Scott Rasmussen.
Ryan is relatively unknown to the nation at large. Only a third of voters have a strong opinion in either direction. ...