Paul Ryan
There is a rationale to Mitt Romney picking Paul Ryan as his VP, but I can't think of anything logically.
Yes it consolidates the base, as in pander to the basic instincts of Conservatives, but beyond that, how does Ryan bring independents to the Romney column.
Palin was suppose to consolidate the base for McCain, unfortunately she scared away all the independents to then Senator Obama.
I am sure team Romney will prep Ryan on what newspapers he has read recently, and his vacation trips, sorry foreign policy meetings.
Writers on Dailykos have highlighted that the undecided in swing states, have been worried about the thought of a Romney Presidency, and Paul Ryan will not placate that view, with his strident views of "starving the beast"
Someone like Mayor Bloomberg or even Jon Hunstsman would have been a gamechanger, changing the news agenda, because they weren't part of the base.
Is Paul Ryan, a heartbeat away material, no, I can see Biden destroying him in the debate. He won't want to call him Joe, just lecture him on how the Iraq war a success.