Romney Ryan and the election

Paul Ryan has changed the electoral race as I see it.  Romney before Ryan was trying to make the election a referendum on Obama.  The MSM would not let that happen.  There has never been a politician more protected by the media than President Obama.  With the failed economic record of the President an election about his record would end in a record defeat.  So the MSM has done everthing they could to prevent the usual kind of reelection campaign.  Romney choose Ryan for many different reasons but the end result is that Romney understood that the MSM would never focus on the failed economic record of the President.  The Ryan choice makes it clear that we will have the debate about the economy because both the President and the MSM will want to attack the Ryan approach.  This will lead to a real debate on the economy but it will also mean many false attacks on the Republicans in places like Florida, Pennsylvania and Iowa.  These three states have older populations and the Obama campaign will attach Romney any way they can in these states.  Romney needs Florida and Iowa so the Ryan pick is a little risky.   I believe Ryan is a smart, conservative politican but the Romney campaign will have to do a real good job with the seniors in order to counter the attacks.   The campaign has become more interesting.   I cannot wait for the debates.  Yet, the lies are going to by really coming hard and fast.  As I filled my gas tank this morning I wondered how anyone could vote for Obama with 3.50/gallon gas and that is when I realized how negative the election is going to get.