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The latest report from Rasmussen released Tuesday concerns Mitt Romney’s new VP pick, Rep. Paul Ryan. Of those surveyed, 50% look on Ryan with some level of favorability and 43% say he was the right pick. The first survey from Rasmussen on the public perception of Paul Ryan as a vice presidential candidate comes only a few days after Mitt Romney announced the congressman from Wisconsin was his running mate. Records and policy positions will be examined under a fine-tuned microscope as the race

Following a tax vote to support the elimination of a corporate tax break, California Republican Assemblyman Brian Nestande has stepped down from his position as Republican caucus chairman in a move largely interpreted to be a rebuff of his party's staunch opposition to taxes. "With my vote yesterday I decided to take the side of my constituents and California businesses," Nestande said in a statement. The Riverside County lawmaker voted Monday with Democrats on AB 1500, sponsored by Assembly S

The latest report from Rasmussen released Tuesday concerns Mitt Romney’s new VP pick, Rep. Paul Ryan. Of those surveyed, 50% look on Ryan with some level of favorability and 43% say he was the right pick. The first survey from Rasmussen on the public perception of Paul Ryan as a vice presidential candidate comes only a few days after Mitt Romney announced the congressman from Wisconsin was his running mate. Records and policy positions will be examined under a fine-tuned microscope as the race

Plenty of attention has been cast on Paul Ryan since word leaked on Twitter that he would be the next President of the United States, ugh next Vice President of the United States. IVN contributors and journalists everywhere have peeled through his voting record, evaluated his positions, and speculated on the impacts of his budget proposal. Aside from a Congressman’s voting record, we should look at the bills he has passed through Congress and have taken effect thanks to his efforts. In 13 years

While half of America has not heard of Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney's VP pick, far fewer know the name Rob Zerban. Zerban is running as a Democratic challenger to Ryan for his Congressional seat in Wisconsin's First Congressional district. And he is getting a lot of exposure on the internet, especially in his latest "AMA" on Reddit (AMA = Ask Me Anything). Reddit is an online link-sharing platform whose participants are considered pretty liberal and relatively young. And while most political consulta

(LATimes.com/Twindex) In 2008 candidates exploded onto the social media scene with Facebook pages, Twitter accounts, and blogs. The election became an event which involved and interacted with voters, instead of a story they watch passively on the news. The 2012 election promises to continue the social media trend. On Facebook as of August 14th, Obama and Romney have 27,773,047 and 4,157,716 likes, respectively. President Obama's campaign (and his White House administration) have always been ex

With Mitt Romney's VP announcement of Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate, all major presidential tickets for the 2012 election cycle are now set. Democratic and Republican National Conventions will be held in the coming weeks to formalize their official choices, while the Green Party and Libertarian 2012 presidential tickets are finalized. For residents of contentious swing states, the onslaught of negative ads all summer long has more than likely lent to the notion of a never ending campaign c

(Photo: ABC News) Mitt Romney's selection of Paul Ryan as his vice president almost preempted my Friday blog post about why "Paul Ryan Would Not be a Conservative Check on a Republican President" from his seat in the House of Representatives. Now, while Ryan will theoretically be vice president instead of a high-profile congressman, he won't won't be an influence on Romney in that role either, and for the same reason: he doesn't oppose Republican presidents. As "A Closer Look at Rep. Paul Ryan

Credit: Washington Post The phrase “game changer” has been thrown around a lot in politics since the 2008 presidential election. Now the word has become standard in political vernacular. There may not be a person those two words apply to more than Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI). Mitt Romney was under no obligation to pick a favorite among the far right. Independent conservatives and Tea Party activists were already going to vote for him. However, they weren’t going to vote for his ticket as much as the

Credit: Foreign Policy Mitt Romney announced Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate Saturday morning. Rep. Ryan is a shrewd decision from a domestic policy angle. He is a major architect of the Republican's Path to Prosperity, a vocal member of the GOP majority in Congress, as well as youthful, fresh and predicted to invigorate the Republican base. But between a relatively young Wisconsin Congressman and the former Governor of Massachusetts, where is the foreign policy experience? What a