Chill out honey, I'm sure it will work out.

@ Heather..I am very happy to hear that.. Thanks for letting us know.

RP, I have listened to Paul Ryan a number of times, both in town hall meetings and at political rallies. This man knows his facts. I have all the confidence that he could run circles around Rob Zerban, Joe Biden AND Barack Hussein Obama!

@Gearhead - Do you think Ryan should debate and campaign here for the 1st District?

Why not? I suppose it won't be much of a debate; more like a warm-up for the intellectual heavyweight we've come to know as Joe Biden. Still, the entertainment value alone should be worth a few giggles as Ryan runs rings around Zerban. Including the obligatory reporting of HRG breathlessly rhapsodizing about how great Zerban did.

@Kelly - I will cop totally to not knowing Mr. Deschler was running. That is my oversight.

@Kelly: like it or not we are a two-party system, and the minor parties are more of a distraction than anything. Being the Socialist (Democrat) party and the Republicans will account for 97% of the vote, my guess is most Libertarian-leaning voters don't want to waste their vote. They'll make their vote count by breaking for the GOP, the party they are more closely aligned with.

@Mark: Ryan was on the congressional ballot first, before the national ticket. It's just the way the law is. Wouldn't be fair to have him withdraw and leave an empty GOP ticket. It is too late to nominate someone else. Zerban can run again in the following special election to fill the remaining Ryan term, but for what point? He will lose both elections by 20 points! Get used to it.

Gee Mark, If all our Congressman were only concerned with their district, who would run for President or Vice President.

I know you said "more concerned", but the only better way to represent us would as President, a position I am sure he can achieve.

I checked the primary ballot and there was no Libertarian ticket and Ryan/Zerban were the only names listed as running. Perhaps he is running a write-in campaign.

Thanks for looking that up. I do wish we had a stronger third party for more choices come election day. At least, the hope is that we would have more choice instead of minor differences.

At this point I don't know if there ever will be a constant third party that plays a major part in partisan elections. It all comes down to dollars for good or bad. Unless you have somebody that is very wealthy (Perot, Jesse Ventura, etc.) name ID is hard to establish. The dollars follow the two major parties. Without money you cannot get your message out on anything above the local level.

@Eric - I disagree about the need to debate. If Paul Ryan is serious about running to retain (or if anyone were doing this, really) his congressional seat even as he's on the ticket in the presidential race, then he should want to debate his opponent and give voters the opportunity to hear both candidates answer the same questions at the same time for an honest comparison.