Politics

摘要

Paul Ryan, picked on August 11th as the vice-presidential candidate of the Republican party, campaigned with and without his boss, Mitt Romney, across a handful of target states. Mr Ryan's appointment seems to have delighted both the Republican base and Democratic strategists, for the same reasons. He is a determined small-government tax-and spending-cutter. His plans for Medicare, the government health scheme for the elderly, are likely to be at the centre of the election.