Commentary on Paul Ryan.

Mitt choses his running mate.

Like John McCain before him Mitt Romney has had to choose a running mate to shore up his base.

While preferable – if less entertaining – than Sarah Palin the risk that it pushes away independent voters is large.

Globe and Mail -- Mitt Romney names Paul Ryan as running mate
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney introduced Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his vice presidential running mate on Saturday, turning to the architect of a deeply conservative and intensely controversial long-term budget plan to remake Medicare and cut trillions in federal spending.

And the New Yorker’s typically good timing.

New Yorker -- Fussbudget
How Paul Ryan captured the G.O.P.