Comments on: Making The Most Of Ryan http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/postmodernconservative/2012/08/14/making-the-most-of-ryan/ A First Things Blog Sun, 26 May 2013 02:39:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Scattered Thoughts » Postmodern Conservative | A First Things Blog http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/postmodernconservative/2012/08/14/making-the-most-of-ryan/comment-page-1/#comment-29615 Scattered Thoughts » Postmodern Conservative | A First Things Blog Thu, 08 Nov 2012 01:55:07 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/postmodernconservative/?p=8292#comment-29615 [...] I often focus on the need for longer ads to get center-right messages across.  There is a reason for that.  There is no exagerating how little the center-right communicates to the vast majority under age [...]

]]> By: Pete Spiliakos http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/postmodernconservative/2012/08/14/making-the-most-of-ryan/comment-page-1/#comment-21568 Pete Spiliakos Tue, 14 Aug 2012 22:55:15 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/postmodernconservative/?p=8292#comment-21568 Well, the electon is up to a whole bunch of factors and the most important (a economic collapse or a sharp up turn in the job creation numbers, a foreign policy crisis) are out of the hands of the campaigns. I do think that the Medicare issue has become winnable for the Republicans if the Romney campaign is willing to invest.

I think that the Romay-Ryan ticket faces tougher-to-explain problems on the level of discretionary spending in the last Ryan budget and whether Romney’s policy commitments add up.

]]> By: Peter Lawler http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/postmodernconservative/2012/08/14/making-the-most-of-ryan/comment-page-1/#comment-21563 Peter Lawler Tue, 14 Aug 2012 21:24:31 +0000 http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/postmodernconservative/?p=8292#comment-21563 The last paragraph is the key. Keep in mind that it’s about “the best chance.”

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