5 reasons Paul Ryan shouldn't be Mitt Romney's VP pick

As Romney gets closer to announcing his running mate, buzz is building around the controversial House budget wonk from Wisconsin

Paul Ryan, (R-Wis.) addresses an audience at an oil company in Milwaukee as Mitt Romney looks on: Romney may be interested in Ryan as one of his top three choices for a VP nominee, but Ryan's
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NBC News reports, "with a high degree of confidence," that Mitt Romney is down to three candidates for his running mate: Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), former Gov. Tim Pawlenty (R-Minn.), and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.). Of the three, Ryan, formerly considered a long shot, is easily generating the most passionate responses. Republicans are deeply split, say Jonathan Martin, Jake Sherman, and Maggie Haberman at Politico, with the "cautious," pragmatic camp arguing that the House budget wonk is too risky a choice, and the "go bold" crowd insisting that Ryan would reinvigorate the "boring white guy" Romney campaign, give it some needed conservative policy heft, and maybe even tip Wisconsin into the GOP side of the electoral ledger. A look at why Romney shouldn't pick Romney as his running mate:

1. Two words: Ryan budget

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