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Unintended Consequences

Unintended Consequences

Veep of faith: Romney and Ryan. (Getty)

How the GOP May Have Just Lost the Election and Won the Future

In selecting Rep. Paul Ryan as the next would-be President Vice President of the United States, Mitt Romney has rolled the dice on a risky, game-changing candidate (with all the baggage the term implies), a good-looking running mate with serious policy chops, who could nonetheless cost him the race. Meanwhile, however, the move appears to tee up a new era of GOP dominance that could find Mr. Ryan in the White House come 2016, while his erstwhile patron looks on from the private-sector sidelines. Read More