When Rep. Paul Ryan was introduced this weekend in Norfolk as Mitt Romney’s vice presidential running mate, Republican Senate candidate George Allen was standing nearby, as the first candidate in the country to bask in the glow of the new Republican ticket — and potentially the first to feel the fallout of Romney’s choice of Ryan.
By Tuesday, Allen’s Democratic rival, Tim Kaine, was attacking Allen as a supporter of Ryan’s plan to dramatically alter the popular Medicare program and accused Allen of wanting to privatize Social Security, both issues that could particularly hurt Allen among senior voters.
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