THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN RESPONDS TO ROMNEY'S PICK OF PAUL RYAN............

Both the Obama for America re-election campaign and the White House released statements following Mitt Romney's announcement of his choice of Congressman Paul Ryan as the 2012 Republican Vice Presidential candidate.  Jim Messina, manager of the Obama campaign said, "In naming Congressman Paul Ryan Mitt Romney has chosen a leader of the House Republicans who shares his commitment to the flawed theory that new budget-busting tax cuts for the wealthy, while placing greater burdens on the middle class and seniors, will somehow deliver a stronger economy.  The architect of the radical Republican House budget, Ryan, like Romney proposed an additional $250,000 tax cut for millionaires and deep cuts in education from Head Start to college aid.  His plan would also end Medicare as we know it, by turning it into a voucher system, shifting thousands of dollars in health care costs to seniors,  As a member of Congress Ryan rubberstamped the reckless Bush economic policies that exploded our deficit and crashed our economy.  Now the Romney-Ryan ticket would take us back by repeating the same catastrophic mistakes".   The tenor of Messina's remarks indicate that President Obama will continue to fight the coming twelve weeks as a Choice campaign between two different visions of and for the United States, not a Referendum on his first term as President.  By picking Congressman Ryan as his VP running mate, Governor Romney is making his campaign to unseat the President and win the White House, as both a Choice and Referendum campaign............tdp