Early Saturday morning, Mitt Romney announced his pick of Paul Ryan to be his running mate.

Seriously Roms, the way into journalists’ hearts is not to make them get up early on a Saturday or cut off their vacations:

Remember weekends? #campaign2012

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Sarah Boxer (@Sarah_Boxer) August 11, 2012

Vacation abruptly over. Shaved. Kids and wife kissed. Driving all night.

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John Dickerson (@jdickerson) August 11, 2012

Besides, supposedly, the Congressman from Wisconsin needs his beauty sleep to boot:

Ryan students know he is MUCH better performer+handsomer when he gets sufficient sleep. Will be interesting to see if Boston executed that

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Mark Halperin (@Markhalperin) August 11, 2012

And sorry Paulie, but as I recently learned, your new boss’s religion forbids drinking coffee! (Romney might lose the election on that issue alone if word got out.) So, good luck perking up on those 18-hour campaign days ahead. Read the rest of this entry »