How excited is Rep. Raul Labrador to see one of his House GOP brethren, Wisconsin’s Paul Ryan, on the presidential ticket? Judge for yourself. “I think Mitt Romney just won the election on Saturday,” Labrador, R-Idaho, told the Statesman editorial board. If so, we’re going to see something that hasn’t happened in my lifetime. Or Labrador’s. Or Ryan’s, for that matter. The history just doesn’t suggest a running mate can win a presidential election. Or even lose one: In other words, I see your Sarah Palin and raise you Dan Quayle. History instead suggests that the buzz and the backlash over Ryan will fade into the background. Which means that another prediction about Romney’s selection will likely fall by the wayside as well: the motion that putting the chairman of the House Budget Committee on the ticket will elevate this campaign to a substantive and overdue debate about the debt and spending priorities. I hope it happens. It’s what our country needs/Kevin Richert, Idaho Statesman. More here. (AP file photo of Paul Ryan)

Question: Do you think Congressman Paul Ryan can hold his own against VP Joe Biden during this fall's debates?