My Monday column aims to expose how Paul Ryan and Mitt Romney share the same vulnerability.
Primarily, Ryan is cut from a similar cloth as Romney. Both ends of the ticket hold current positions that are in direct conflict with their previous leadership roles, and since this is an existing problem for Romney, it's not a stretch to exploit Ryan's weakness here as well.
We know for sure that Ryan will be an attack dog on the president's record regarding the stimulus, government spending, the deficit and the debt. But as a member of the House, it's extraordinarily difficult for him to justify the fact that part of his job -- written into the Constitution, in fact -- is to vote on appropriations (one of the reasons why hardly any members of the House are successful presidential candidates). So he has a considerable record of voting for legislation and policies that literally created the current deficit and debt. Continue reading here.