Obama and his handling of the economy. Obama aides argued that the choice tethers Mr. Romney to the unpopular institution of Congress.
The choice of a running mate is "usually a wash" politically, he said, "but in this case there are clear advantages for us. A fifth-generation native of Janesville, Wis.
Ryan adds stronger Midwestern roots to a ticket already topped by the son of a former Michigan governor. The Romney campaign is looking to flip states Mr. Obama won, from Iowa to Pennsylvania. He also offers the ticket a youthful face. During Mr. Ryan's junior year as an undergraduate at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, he took a class with a professor named Rich Hart, an outspoken and engaging libertarian with a bust of Elvis Presley in his office and an arresting contempt for the direction his university has taken over the past 20 years.
Hart found that his student had already arrived at his conservative beliefs and was testing them for weakness and strength.
Hart introduced him to the National Review, a conservative-leaning magazine. Hart said. Even then, Mr. Hart said he believed Mr. Ryan would go on to do interesting things. He ranked him as among the top five students he has ever had and said he couldn't agree more with his fiscal positions.
While Mr. Ryan may hold strong appeal for outside-the-Beltway tea-party types, he has spent much of his professional life in the nation's capital. In college, Mr. Ryan worked as an intern for former Wisconsin Sen. Bob Kasten. After earning a degree in economics and political science from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, he returned to Washington as an aide to the Republican senator, helping to pay the bills with stints as a personal trainer and as a waiter at a Mexican restaurant a few blocks from the Capitol.
When Mr. Kasten lost to Russ Feingold in , Mr. Jack Kemp. The two men eventually formed a political bond, and Mr. Ryan often credits the former congressman as a mentor.
This isn't Mr. Ryan's first brush with presidential politics: When former Kansas Sen. Bob Dole named Mr. Kemp as his running mate in , Mr. Ryan signed on as a speechwriter to the vice-presidential nominee. Ryan remains a fitness enthusiast, who leads regular morning workouts for a band of younger, mostly Republican lawmakers. He is also an avid hunter who used to grow a beard during deer season to mask his scent. As Mr. Romney unveiled his vice presidential pick, he accidentally promoted him.
Romney said as Mr. Ryan took the stage. I will look to eliminate ineffective and wasteful programs and to reform entitlements for people under 55 years of age. I will work with other like-minded senators to refuse to bend to such a tactic. Public Land With two-thirds of Utah held as public land, it is my priority to obtain greater local and state involvement in decision-making and management of public lands. I support multiple use of these lands and will work to prevent excessive land grabs by presidents and federal bureaucrats.
The Antiquities Act and the Endangered Species Act should both be reformed to require state approvals and local involvement. The State of Utah should assume management responsibility for select public lands when economically feasible, initially on a pilot basis.
The number of visas for crop, livestock, and dairy workers should be decided on the state level rather than the federal level. I support the utilization of all our energy resources including gas, coal, wind, nuclear, geothermal, hydro, and solar.
The decision to send troops into a foreign country must be made only when a substantial American interest is at stake. This should be a very high hurdle. We should maintain clear superiority in conventional military capabilities and at least parity in nuclear capabilities.
American military strength is the best friend peace has ever known. We must promote our values of freedom and free enterprise through our diplomacy, economic ties, alliances and other soft power tools. When nations attack our infrastructure, elections, technology, or vital interests, we should retaliate and punish their behavior with appropriate and meaningful measures. Immigration I support legal immigration.
I respect and welcome those who have followed the law and have made the United States their home. Our nation is stronger and more vibrant by virtue of a strong legal immigration system. The legal immigration system should be merit based, giving applicants credit for such things as English fluency, having a trade or technical skill, personal savings, and advanced degrees so these individuals may become assets to their communities and prosper in our country.
I firmly oppose illegal immigration. I support measures to secure our national borders. I support a simplified legal status verification system that will allow an employer to know whether a prospective employee is in the United States legally and that will sanction employers who nevertheless hire people here illegally.
However, I oppose giving these individuals a special pathway to citizenship. I support ending chain migration and the visa lottery program. In some instances, nations or companies have cheated on trade agreements and America should take punitive action against them.
Further, we have done too little to help American citizens who have been disproportionately impacted by automation and trade policies.
I oppose broad-based tariffs but I will support focused tariffs that penalize cheaters and dumping. Healthcare The Affordable Care Act should be repealed and not replaced by another one-size-fits all bureaucracy.
In its place, states should be given flexibility with their Medicaid funds to implement their own programs for caring for the poor. Health insurance costs must be reined in. I will apply my career experience in healthcare and finance to install market-based incentives to reduce costs. This will include transparency in provider pricing and quality information to consumers.
I will promote cost-sharing insurance policies and health savings accounts. Further, I support requiring pharmaceutical companies to spread the cost of drug development with other countries, reducing the huge price inequity Americans experience. On the supply front: pressure Mexico, China, and other countries to curtail the flow of illegal drugs into the U. On the demand front: provide counseling and treatment for those who want to escape drug addictions; and assure that first responders are equipped with necessary medications to prevent overdose deaths.
Second Amendment I support the second amendment. Gun laws and school safety measures should be established by each state, not imposed by the federal government. I do not support newly proposed federal gun legislation with the exception of the removal of bump stocks for public sale and an updated background check system promoted by Congress and President Trump.
I will defend religious liberty and will only vote to confirm judicial nominees who will fully honor the First Amendment guarantee of the same. Utah Values My parents were both raised in Utah and thus my home was imbued with Utah values; they filled us with the love of God, reverence for freedom, respect for others, and the importance of service, civility, and frugality.
Ann and I have enjoyed our residency in Utah for ten years, first during college, while leading the Olympics, and after my career, having made Utah our permanent home. Action, Not Just Talk By virtue of the relationships I have in Washington, with other senators and the President, I will be able to accomplish more for the people of Utah than the average junior senator. I have built valuable relationships throughout my decades of work in public service, as head of the Salt Lake Olympics, and during my presidential campaigns, that will prepare me to serve the people of Utah through meaningful action.
Talk is cheap but action is essential if we are to overcome the challenges facing our families, our state, and our nation. Romney continued to keep his options open for a possible future presidential run. He maintained much of his political staff and political action committees, and raised funds for fellow Republican candidates. At a farm in New Hampshire on June 2, , Mitt Romney announced the official start of his campaign for the presidential election.
During his campaign, Romney took many standard Republican positions on taxes, the economy and fighting terrorism, while consistently and vocally criticizing his opponent, Democrat President Barack Obama. Specifically, Romney denounced President Obama's health-care reform program—a stance that earned him criticism from the press, as the president's health-care plan was similar to the Massachusetts plan that Romney supported as governor.
Additionally, throughout the presidential race, critics charged Romney with changing his position on several key issues, including abortion; Romney had supported Roe v. Wade —the U. Supreme Court decision upholding a woman's right to an abortion—while campaigning for a Senate seat in , but maintained an ardent pro-life stance throughout his campaign for the presidency.
From the start of his campaign, Romney emerged as the frontrunner for the Republican nomination. In January , Romney scored a decisive victory in the New Hampshire Republican primary by capturing more than 39 percent of votes.
As the race continued, Rick Santorum became his greatest competition, winning several states. However, Romney secured a substantial lead in the number of delegates needed to clinch the nomination. In April , Romney benefited from a narrowing of the field when Santorum announced that he was suspending his campaign. That left only Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich as Republican competitors, with Gingrich soon throwing in the towel as well. Romney's campaign met with negative publicity in July , when President Obama's campaign ran ads claiming that his opponent was the head of Bain Capital until , not , as was previously stated.
Around that same time, news reports began to circulate regarding economy-stifling practices by Bain Capital; according to the reports, Romney's company had invested in several businesses that specialized in relocating jobs overseas. Romney's campaign fired back with its own political ads, which claimed that Obama was more interested in helping his donors than looking out for the American public.
This was only the beginning of the slinging of barbs and arrows that would occur between the two candidates along the campaign trail. In August , Romney announced year-old U. Representative Paul Ryan of Wisconsin as his running mate for vice president. The announcement ended months-long speculation over the potential vice-presidential candidates of the election, as media attention began to heavily focus on Ryan, a fiscal conservative and chair of the House of Representatives Budget Committee.
On August 28, , Romney became the Republican Party's official presidential nominee, receiving 2, delegate votes—nearly double the required 1,—on the first day of the Republican National Convention, held in Tampa, Florida. One other factor Romney must weigh is whether to make a glitzy choice who could excite Republicans but overshadow Romney himself, like New Jersey Governor Chris Christie.
The downside is if this person goes off message and over-reaches, it can have a negative impact on the campaign. A decision is unlikely until just before Republicans meet in Tampa in late August to crown Romney as their nominee. Portman is a relatively low-key but deeply experienced politician and would be seen as a safe, steady choice. But as a former budget director for Republican President George W.
He also served as U. He has not ruled out accepting a vice presidential nod. All eyes will be on him Monday as he campaigns in Pennsylvania with Romney. Republicans acknowledge the need for attracting a greater percentage of Latinos to their party.
At the same time, picking him could energize conservatives who have been less than enthusiastic about the more moderate Romney. Counting against Rubio would be his relative youth and inexperience. He has only been a senator since his election and has no major legislative track record. Many Republicans see him as a contender for the Republican presidential nomination itself, which could be a big reason why he might want to sit out He is a rising star within the party.
And picking him could help Romney win Wisconsin, a state that has eluded Republicans in recent elections despite vigorous campaigns there. What Romney and his aides will have to debate is whether picking Ryan would make his controversial budget-cutting plan a central feature of the campaign.
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