The plutocratic ticket

John Nichols in the Nation just christened the birth or more accurately, "the coming out of the closet" of the grand old private-equity party.
"The ticket Republicans will nominate in Tampa next week is uniquely connected to the “vulture capitalist” constituency, and uniquely committed to protecting the interests of today’s robber-baron class."

Paul Krugman wrote: "[Paul] Ryan’s true constituency is the commentariat, which years ago decided that he was the Honest, Serious Conservative, whose proposals deserve respect even if you don’t like him. But he isn’t and they don’t. Ryanomics is and always has been a con game, although to be fair, it has become even more of a con since Mr. Ryan joined the ticket." (emphasis mine)

Joshua Holland in Alternet also remarked though that "The New York Times reported that when the details of [the Ryan budget] were run past focus groups, they found that the plan is so cruel that voters “ simply refused to believe any politician would do such a thing.”'

So the big lie is born. Democracy is still superficially based on votes of actual humans, but this election and most likely each successive one will really be based on the wealth of the candidates' backers.