Barack Obama

Firstly having read the majoriy of her writings of which my favourite is "We the Living" I do wonder wh bat book he the potential VP is refering too. Is it Fountainhead where the hero symbolise the idea where science is not up for political rewriting? If that is the case his party has severely deformed the science of economics to there own liking. Instead of as Howard Roarkes the republicans are quoating the Keatings. Deforming and readjusting the science not towards finding objective truths but to confirm subjective wishes.
If the nominated VP is looking towards Atlas Shrugged to find his world view he needs to take international politics 101. Firstly the patent protection is almost globally ratified, China is collaborating finally. So the inventor of "Rearden Steel" will as any other have monopoly producing it for the patents timeframe if he/she so wish. The braindrain in america of today is more a question of immigration rules than anything else. The Brain drainer of first class Bill Gates gave this information to congress not long ago, with current immigration rules Microsoft just cannot reqruit enough people from around the world. If rules do not change Bill Gates stated that if people wont come to them, they will have to move to people. Its hardly a strike of superbrains against the masses in belief they are entitled. Its more of a reality that has to be handled. Paul Ryan supports harder immigration laws, ergo Paul Ryan supports the brain drain. The amount of foregin students attending US Universities are lower then ever, not because they dont want to attend the worlds best educational bodies, but because there not allowed.
Also there is Ayn Rands atheism, she never ever in a single sentance rejected atheism, this is a hard one for Ryan beeing catholic in a mostly christian party.
I must have read another Ayn Rand than Paul Ryan. Because Fountainhead proposes science as science no matter results against ideology, GOP only takes scince that fitts there results.
Atlas Shrugged proposes a world where the makers are stoped my goverment when in this world they are helped.
Objectivism as philosophy is fiercly atheist.
And to conclude it all, Ayn Rand beeing a great writer was not an economist. Tolkien never visitet Middle earth. Rawling never went to Hogwarth. Her books are well written, but as little as I will ever write a fiction book of the same degree Ayn Rand did, Ayn Rand will never be the economist I am. A VP candidate taking fiction before reality is not serious, it is very serious. Should Mitt Romney win and during his term ever loose office for any reason. The new President of the United States will not have Keynes, Stiglitz, Barro, Krugman, Ricardo or even Friedman as base for economic policy. He will have a writer of fiction guiding him in the non-fiction world we inhabit, with potential dire results.