Romney To Pick Paul Ryan As Running Mate, According to Reports

Multiple news outlets including NBC, CNN and Huffington Post are now reporting that Mitt Romney will choose Representative Paul Ryan from Wisconsin as his running mate. Within minutes of The Romney campaign confirming that it would be officially announcing his pick for Vice President at 9:00 am tomorrow, word leaked that Ryan, a leading conservative voice in Congress, would be the choice. In recent days, numerous media entities have reported that Romney was feeling heat to consider from a stable of more conservative choices including Ryan and Florida senator Marco Rubio as opposed to a more moderate choice like Ohio Senator Rob Portman.

A choice of Ryan would invigorate both conservatives, many who have seemed luke warm about Romney, and liberals who would see this is an opportunity to clearly distinguish Obama from the far more conservative Ryan. Ryan, aged 42, authored the so-called Ryan Plan budget that calls for significant tax cuts and entitlement reform that many on the right favor and most on the left loathe. The Weekly Standard had previously reported this evening that “the Romney campaign has begun to prepare a vigorous effort in support of Paul Ryan if he is selected as Mitt Romney’s vice presidential pick—something now likely to happen soon.”

If this reporting all turns out to be accurate, then the race is about to get a lot more interesting with clearly defined policy initiatives distinguishing the candidates in a way that has been lacking thus far.

Watch the report from CNN below:

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