The most conservative VP pick in history
by digby
Wow. According to Nate Silver:
[T]he statistical system DW-Nominate evaluates [Ryan] as being roughly as conservative as Representative Michele Bachmann of Minnesota.
By this scoring system, he’s more conservative than Dick Cheney. Quite a bit more:
But hey, just because he scores exactly the same as nutcase McCarthyite Michele Bachmann doesn’t mean he isn’t a very, very serious person whom everyone in the country should respect, right Cokie?
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