Second Edition} Romney in a Slip Nominates Paul Ryan as Running Mate

• Aged 42, Paul Ryan was elected to the House of Representatives at 28 and is currently a Republican congressman for Wisconsin
• Chairs the House Budget committee and has worked on reshaping federal budget
• A staunch conservative, he is best known for his proposals for large cuts in spending and taxes, popular with grassroots Republicans
• Was voted prom king and "Biggest Brown Noser" at school, is a fitness enthusiast, and has expressed a fondness for catfish noodling - catching the fish with bare hands
• Anti gay
• Anti Elderly
• Anti Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Unemployment payments

The decision to nominate a running mate for the office of vice president it’s always shown the intelligence of the person running for President. By nominating a rookie in congress, ultra religious non science believer, a man whose believes brings women, gays, lesbians and bi, transgender people to the times in which you were stoned to death for eating the wrong food or wearing the wrong garments. With this choice Romney is shown how smart he is and how his decisions are made in regardless of the people affected by them.  This is Romney. Romney is the byproduct of the tea party, now he nominates the son of that movement. 

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In a slip of the tongue, the former Massachusetts governor introduced Mr Ryan as "the next president of the United States", before correcting himself to say he meant vice-president.  

Mr Ryan told the crowd that he and Mr Romney would "restore the greatness of this country".

"Mitt Romney is a leader with the skills, the background and the character that our country needs at a crucial time in its history," Mr Ryan said.

"Following four years of failed leadership, the hopes of our country, which have inspired the world, are growing dim, and they need someone to revive them. Governor Romney is the man for this moment."

Prompting loud cheers from onlookers, the practising Catholic said: "Our rights come from nature and God, not from government."

The White House candidate is launching a bus tour through four key swing states that he needs to win in November's election: Virginia, North Carolina, Florida and Ohio.

Mr Romney, 65, first made his announcement early on Saturday to supporters via a phone app, that read: "Mitt's Choice for VP is Paul Ryan."

Recent opinion polls suggest a close race between Mr Romney and Democratic President Barack Obama, with Mr Obama tending to have a slight lead in most surveys.

Analysts say Mr Romney will be hoping to regain momentum in the campaign after a series of pro-Obama campaign advertisements attacking his record.

Mr Ryan is best-known for a controversial alternative budget which he produced to counter President Obama's plans in 2011 and 2012, known as the Path to Prosperity.

It proposed reducing taxes, pensions and food aid, and changing government-funded healthcare.

 The Wisconsin congressman insisted the proposals would not harm lower-income groups, saying they would create jobs and reduce inefficiency.

Mr Ryan chairs the Budget committee in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives, and is seen as likely to add electoral firepower on what are expected to be the key election issues - jobs, the economy and the budget deficit.

Analysts say that as a staunch conservative, he could counteract some scepticism about Mr Romney's political past as governor of the traditionally liberal state of Massachusetts.

But the Obama campaign said Mr Romney's choice showed a commitment to "budget-busting tax cuts" for the wealthy and "greater burdens" on the middle class and elderly.

"As a member of Congress, Ryan rubber-stamped the reckless Bush economic policies that exploded our deficit and crashed our economy," Obama's campaign manager Jim Messina said in a statement.

Ohio Senator Rob Portman and former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty had also been tipped to run with Mr Romney as vice-presidential candidate.

In a little over two weeks' time, Mr Romney will be formally confirmed as the Republican nominee at the party convention in Tampa, Florida.

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