In Ryan, Romney makes a solid choice

Published August 11, 2012 4:00am ET



It is fitting that the adjective most commonly used yesterday to describe Mitt Romney’s choice of Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate was “bold.” Prior to his selection, Ryan was already at the center of the great debate of our day: entitlement reform, which many politicians would just as soon ignore. Romney has now taken this issue head on. There is no going back, and his party should be very happy about that.

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