Mitt Romney’s choice of Paul Ryan is bad for North Carolina and bad for America.

On March 29, 2012, Paul Ryan, aided and abetted by my opponent, Patrick McHenry, passed a budget in the U.S. House of Representatives that betrayed every man, woman and child in North Carolina.

The Ryan/McHenry budget would have destroyed Medicare, cut agriculture by $60 billion, cut taxes for the super rich and increased the budget deficit by $3 trillion dollars. That would have hurt every person and business in North Carolina. (Republican Fiscal Year 2013 budget offered by Paul Ryan, Republican of Wisconsin. Vote on March 29, 2012)

By choosing Ryan as his running mate, Mitt Romney has embraced the most extreme posture of the most extreme parts of the Tea Party Republicans.

Bizarrely, Patrick McHenry even found a way to be more extreme than Ryan and his fellow Tea Party Republicans. On the same day he voted for the Ryan budget, McHenry voted for a budget that would have, among other things, raised the Social Security retirement age to 70. More than 100 of his fellow Republicans, including Paul Ryan, did not vote for this budget … but Patrick McHenry did.

Today the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the Affordable Care Act and demonstrated how political leanings can be set aside to resolve the vital issues confronting Americans.

It is a good sign for our nation that a conservative chief justice, appointed by a Republican president, joined with more moderate members of the court to uphold the Affordable Care Act.

Congressman Patrick McHenry, and others who opposed the ACA, should now accept the ruling and join with Democrats, Moderates and Independents to adopt new federal policies that create jobs for North Carolina.

Just imagine what we could accomplish if we all stood together to create jobs by ending federal policies that export American jobs to Mexico, India and China. That’s the approach I will take in Congress. I will work with Democrats, Independents and Republicans to create jobs for the people of North Carolina.

Let me just share with you some of the benefits that Americans have already enjoyed under the Affordable Care Act:

Thanks to you we won big in the primary on May 8th. Now we have a chance to expand our grassroots campaign with the help of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. We need YOU to vote for Patsy in the DCCC’s 2012 Grassroots Champion challenge.

It’s easy to vote for Patsy, just follow these quick steps:

1) Click here to go to the DCCC’s website
2) Complete the form
3) Write in “Patsy Keever (NC-10)”
4) Click “Submit Form”

It’s that easy!

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Asheville, NC – Rep. Patsy Keever, candidate for the U.S. House in North Carolina’s 10th Congressional District, has been endorsed by Democracy for America (DFA).

“Patsy has a strong record serving the people in North Carolina,” said Jim Dean, Chair of Democracy for America. "Patsy believes the best way to strengthen the economy is through job creation for North Carolina’s middle class and through providing the proper job training necessary to compete in today's job market. She's got a strong vision for her community, and I'm proud to endorse Patsy for North Carolina's 10th district.”