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I’ll admit, I wasn’t sure that Romney would make the right choice. I was fearful that his pick for Vice President would revolve around the consideration of a prospect’s cultural identity than their ideas and what they bring to the table for Romney’s Campaign that, sad to say, is less than exciting at times.

I’ll admit, I’m a Paul Ryan supporter. Everybody’s got a niche, an area of expertise that they bring to the marketplace of ideas, and having a focus on reducing debt and forcing fiscal accountability upon government is tremendously appropriate at this low point in our nation’s history. While Ryan may ruffle a few feathers on the moderate side, and may be perceived as being a bit “radical”,  I’ll confess that somebody saying something meaningful with regards to getting us out of the hole we’re in is not radical, it’s sensible and welcomed. He isn’t radical, he’s focused, and he brings an element of excitement to a campaign that may have been dogged by a stink of quasi-moderate leanings.

Apparently, I am not the only one enthusiastic about Romney’s pick. In the three hours after Ryan was named as the Vice Presidential candidate, the Romney Campaign saw a fundraising windfall as the campaign received $1.2 million in donations. If money in politics is speech, then the $1.2 million dollars raised tells me the people are jazzed about this fiscal conservative being on the ticket.

Andrea Saul, the Romney Campaign Press Secretary, tweeted the good news, saying, “HERE FIRST: @MittRomney has raised over $1.2 million since pick of @PaulRyanVP #LessThan4Hours.”

But the fun didn’t stop there, however. Saul tweeted soon after, “Just passed $2 million raised since @MittRomney announced @PaulRyanVP #RomneyRyan2012.”

Let’s hope the fun continues and we see some real momentum for this campaign. While Romney may not have been my first choice for the Republican nod, I’ll admit that the campaign gained some points by including Ryan on the ticket.