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| Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan |
Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan join forces to try to return the Republican Party in power in Washington.
But as with some freshly formed squad, there have been times when and the issues they were not on the same page.
It does not seem to be many major policy differences between the two men, but here are five notes:
1. The auto bailout
Ryan backed the auto bailout 4 yrs past, while Romney opposed it.
Ryan comes from a neighborhood southeast Wisconsin, which has been hit hard by problems in the automotive industry and he joined with only 31 other Republicans in voting for the bailout automotive December 2008 - but has since said he voted for him because he thought the money would be spent differently.
Romney, at the time, wrote an editorial in which he opposes the bailout and called a "bankruptcy land" for the industry.
Obama's campaign has made the recovery of the automotive industry values its calls in the Midwest, so expect Democrats to emphasize the incongruity on the GOP ticket.
2. Abortion Exceptions
Ryan said he does not believe in any exceptions for abortion, while Romney said he would allow exceptions for rape and incest.
Ryan is a co-sponsor of the sanctity of human life law, which defines a fertilized egg as a human being - like the last 'personality' efforts in a handful of nations. He too succeeded his seat in 1998 by running to the right of his opponent on abortion and emphasizing no exception. Romney advisable he backs a constitutional bill personality, but he also said he would allow abortions in cases of rape and incest.
Obama noted in a tweet Saturday that Ryan "would prohibit complete abortions, yet in types of rape or incest," and the White House has created women's health a key element of the campaign. Maybe a lot than anything other on this list, the Democrats will use this against the GOP ticket.
3. Cuts on capital gains
Ryan budget seeks to eliminate the tax on capital gains, while Romney has moved to cut, not stop it.
In fact, as a former Postie Alec MacGillis said, during the Republican primary debate, Romney criticized Newt Gingrich for his plan to eliminate the capital gains tax, noting that he himself would not have paid taxes over the past two years, if such a plan were adopted.
The question now is the approach that embraces the ticket. As noted by MacGillis, Democrats - who suggested that there may be many years that Romney has not paid taxes - can be argued that, under the Ryan budget, there would indeed have been years where he paid no taxes.
4. The gay adoption
Ryan voted against allowing gay couples to adopt children, while Romney said he is "fine" with such arrangements.
Vote for Ryan was born in 1999, when the House voted on whether to allow gay adoption in the District of Columbia. Earlier this year, Romney said gay adoptions: "In my nation, the equal sex could adopt kids. I imagine it's something that people have the right to do. "Soon, Romney told his points out, noting that nearly all states already allow gay adoption.
We are not sure this will be something close to a key issue in the 2012 elections, though.
5. Employed non-Discrimination Act
Ryan in 2007 voted for the work in non-Discrimination Act, which prohibits discrimination in employment based on sexual orientation; Romney has said he thinks the issue is a state issue and it does not support federal legislation.
"I'd not back at the federal level, and I changed in that regard because I think that policy makes more sense to be evaluated or to be implemented at the state level," Romney said in 2007.
Once more, while gay wedding possibly a key effect in 2012, as gay adoption; do not expect to hear too much about it.
