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Ryan pointed the hecklers out to the cops who then dragged them away from the stage. Freepers and Breitbarters are already claiming the Obama campaign paid the hecklers to be there.

The poll was conducted prior to the Ryan announcement, which usually provides a short-lived “excitement” bump for the non-incumbent. Details. Cross-tabs. Questions.

Immediately upon the news that Paul Ryan had been selected, I quizzed folks here and on social media whether we’d ever had a major presidential ticket without a Protestant. There was a lot of pondering, particularly on whether Quakers (Richard Nixon) are considered Protestants. The National Journal apparently doesn’t think so. In 1928, New York Governor Al Smith, a Democrat, …

In April the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a denouncement of Paul Ryan’s budget plan. They wrote him to complain: On behalf of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, I write to urge you to resist for moral and human reasons unacceptable cuts to hunger and nutrition programs. The committee has been instructed to reduce agricultural programs …

“But I still cannot and will not support the grand father of ObamaCare. Romney still loves and brags about his bastard brainchild, RomneyCare, even today when he knows what an anti-liberty socialist POS it is. And the fact that he advocated that abortion should be safe and legal in America for over three decades of his adult lifetime and even …

This morning the ACLU sent out a blistering denouncement of Rep. Paul Ryan’s track record on LGBT rights and civil liberties. Via press release: In response to Mitt Romney’s announcement of his vice presidential pick of Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), the American Civil Liberties Union Liberty Watch 2012 campaign this morning released a brief report that reveals an appalling civil …

“Congressman Paul Ryan is a strong choice for vice president, and his addition to the GOP ticket will help Republican candidates up and down the ballot. As chairman of the House Budget Committee and author of the Republican ‘path to prosperity’ that provided the blueprint for serious spending cuts in this Congress, nobody is more qualified to articulate a conservative …

Gitcho is the Romney campaign’s communications director. We should know by 8:45am if they stick to their schedule. UPDATE: The National Review thinks it’s going to be Paul Ryan due to some charter flight activity. UPDATE II: Snicker.UPDATE III: From my pal and DC politico Karl Frisch. UPDATE IV: Huffington Post is confirming. Mitt Romney will announce Rep. Paul Ryan …

The ad referenced was actually created by a Super-PAC unrelated to the Obama campaign. It’s been by far the leading topic on GOP blogs for the last few days.

Only 88 more days of this.

Having read the same polls as the rest of us, the Not-Romneys have published a massive manifesto calling for a delegate revolution at the Republican Convention in two weeks. From the nine-page memo announcing the campaign: “DUMP ROMNEY” contends that no delegates are actually “bound” by law or GOP rules to vote for Romney and that, to win the White …

Now THAT is a ringing endorsement.