There is one Republican whose picture is on the front page of both The Washington Post and The New York Times this morning. And although both stories are about Mitt Romney’s campaign, the picture isn’t of him. It’s of House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan.
The Post headline reads: “Some see a golden ticket in Romney, Ryan.” The Times blares: “Budget author, Romney ally, turns into a campaign focus.” Both articles go on to make the same points: 1) Ryan and Romney functioned as a perfect team while campaigning in Wisconsin this past week; 2) choosing Ryan would instantaneously excite a now skeptical conservative base; and 3) if President Obama is going to make the Ryan budget the centerpiece of his campaign against Romney, why not have the plan’s author on the ticket to defend it?
