Conservatives Want to ‘Let Ryan Be Ryan’ on Campaign Trail

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Representative Paul D. Ryan’s selection as the Republican vice-presidential nominee is now yielding something Mitt Romney’s campaign can do without: second-guessing about how Mr. Ryan is being put to use.

Through the halls of Congress and well beyond, a whisper campaign is bursting into the open: Rather than burden him with the usual constraints on a ticket’s No. 2 not to upstage or get ahead of the presidential nominee, let Ryan be Ryan and take a detailed, policy-heavy fight to President Obama and the Democrats.

“They definitely need to use him more,” said Rick Brumby, 52, a Republican voter who attended a rally for Mr. Ryan at the University of Central Florida in Orlando on Saturday, suggesting that Mr. Ryan is better than Mr. Romney at avoiding gaffes and making the case to middle-class voters for Republican policies.

“I like Romney’s message,” Mr. Brumby said, “but I just think Ryan is the sharper of the two, and I think Ryan is more acclimated toward and relates better to the working class.”

Conservatives initially saw the selection of Mr. Ryan as a hopeful sign that Mr. Romney had fully embraced their small-government agenda and eagerness to turn the election into a head-on clash of ideologies. But now, with Mr. Romney encountering a host of problems and Republicans openly fretting about the outcome in November, Mr. Ryan’s slow fade back into the secondary and sometimes afterthought role traditionally played by running mates has given conservatives a new outlet for frustration over the state of the race.

full: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/24/us/politics/conservatives-want-ryan-to-campaign-more-aggressively.html?pagewanted=all

[Skittles]

1. "be yourself" is the worse advice you can give most people

yes INDEED

[Deep13]

2. Yes, he definately should. nt

[muntrv]

3. Ryan will just get booed more often.

[Curtland1015]

4. These idiots actually believe it would help.

Of course they also think if they had gone with a Palin/Ryan ticket, they'd be beating Obama by 20 points.

Because they don't realize how insane they look to everyone else.

[surrealAmerican]

5. Right on!

They should just let the smarmy lying asshole be himself.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

6. Like they let "Sarah be Sarah"? I echo what a famous actor once said, "Go ahead..."

make my day!"

[gkhouston]

7. As long as there's video, I'm all for it.

[Jennicut]

8. Will he be going rogue?

One can only hope, might uncover more of his lies.

[nc4bo]

9. I watched a little bit of one of his recent campaign stump speechs. Exactly where is he inspiring?

His tone of voice is whiny and tinny, his orating skills are choppy. He is not a pleasant person to listen to at. all. What wonderboy that moved millions?

Then there are his constant lies.....and unashamedly talking about how he and Romney will destroy M/M and SS.

How does anyone manage to sit still and listen to him for 30-40 minutes, I have no idea.