With the announcement of Paul Ryan as the Vice Presidential nominee, Mitt Romney elevated his campaign to a level that the populace has been demanding for some time. Gone are the days of empty rhetoric and petty issues being blown out of proportion by the media. Paul Ryan’s addition to the ticket shows that Mitt Romney and the Republican Party are aiming to go beyond merely defining the election as a referendum on Pres. Barack Obama. They are advocating for what they think the American political landscape should look like and articulating a vision that the populace will embrace and encourage, with "solutions that are bold, specific and achievable."
Paul Ryan is young, hip and incredibly "cool;" he is THE rock star of the GOP. Never one to live extravagantly, Ryan sleeps in his office and is rarely “swirling” off the Hill. Rather than partake in after-hours socializing, Ryan meets with other members in the House gym often over the P90x workout that he credits with maintaining his fitness. Furthermore, Ryan’s wife is the matriarch that many look up too; she herself studied and practiced as a tax lawyer long before marrying and beginning a family with Ryan, living on the same block where he was raised as a young boy.
It appears the GOP realized that to procure the woman or minority vote, they would not necessarily need to put a woman or minority on the ticket, but rather someone who actually appeals to women and minorities. As a voter who is both female and youthful, speaking for both, the joy in seeing a ticket that has a vision for the future of the country is overwhelming. Conservatives have been long considered stuck in the past and traditionalists. However, with the addition of Ryan to the ticket, this election not only brings to light the negatives of Obama’s policies, but the opportunities and changes the GOP ticket would bring to the current systems that have been failing this country for years.
