Ryan's role: Defending Romney and slamming Obama

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) ? With a no-nonsense tone, Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan embraced his role as Barack Obama's top agitator ? and Mitt Romney's chief defender

Stubbornly high unemployment? Obama's fault. Dispirited Americans? Obama's fault. Even the General Motors plant in his beloved hometown of Janesville, Wis. You can guess who's fault that is, too.

"Without a change in leadership, why would the next four years be any different from the last four years?" Ryan said.

The Wisconsin congressman stepped onto the national stage Wednesday night with a Midwesterner's polite but pointed outrage for a nation whose economy has not recovered from the Great Recession quickly enough. Citing statistics, Ryan comfortably slid into the traditional role of the No. 2 on a presidential ticket.

From the outset of the speech ? his highest stakes appearance yet in his political career ? he took Obama to task. He gave the Republican faithful and Obama skeptics plenty of reminders that some of Obama's promises of 2008 have come up short.

"It all started off with stirring speeches, Greek columns, the thrill of something new," Ryan said. "Now all that's left is a presidency adrift, surviving on slogans that already seem tired, grasping at a moment that has already passed, like a ship trying to sail on yesterday's wind."

He offered praise for Romney and a brief introduction to his story growing up in Wisconsin. But the thrust of Ryan's pitch is that Obama has failed and it is time to replace him with Romney.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/ryans-role-defending-romney-slamming-obama-032246268--election.html

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