Okay--Paul Ryan/Barack Obama Slash fic. This is a "No."

I thought this was a little weird when I saw David Brooks doing it.  It's extra-super-weird when I see Ruth Marcus doing it.  Jeez-Louise, Villagers, stop writing Ryan/Obama slash fic.

I'm not opposed to seeing a little bit of political 'shipping. But that's usually about running mates  and...you know. Lots of canonical demographic wonkish stuff goes down considering those pairings. But Ryan/Obama mash-ups just make no sense. This isn't about two individual politicians feeling their own passionate feelings about what kind of moral statement they want to make with a budget.  Oh, no. It's a story with a multitude of characters--and Obama and Ryan are simply from two different and contesting worlds. Their love is not meant to be--especially if we want a budget that doesn't suck. They don't need to share lunch or a beer or hold hands.

Obama needs to remember that part of what he ran on was ending the Bush tax cuts, and that protecting Social Security and Medicare are generational promises.  Ryan needs to learn basic math, and why Ayn Rand is not actually so great, really.  In other words--no. No pillow talk. No beer summit. No bromance. The story of our economic future kind of depends on them getting it right--not getting it together.

Otherwise, yeah, I'd find that kind of hot, but still....