@farmerman,
I don't get why national conservatives are so in love with Paul Ryan. His voting record doesn't at all hold up against their standards (he voted for the unfunded medicare part D, the unfunded war in Irag, TARP, and NCLB among others) and he now that he's given the ranch away to today's seniors he wants tomorrows seniors to pay for it. Wisconsin conservatives don't like him and seniors don't like him which will hurt Romney in FL - one of the few swing states currently showing red.
http://wi.rlc.org/2010/08/paul-ryans-record/
I, too, hope Romney picks Ryan.