Having Paul Ryan on the ticket liberates Mitt Romney to be a little more of the data geek he is. And that’s a good thing. You saw this dynamic during Sunday’s 60 Minutes interview. We have seen Romney in his NAACP speech (I thought it a turning point) and his Poland speech (which an ad wisely returned to last week after a near media blackout), among others, articulate the big-vision thing voters need to hear from a presidential candidate. Ryan, as we have seen both from his work in Congress and this weekend, complements the forward-looking vision with optimism and urgency, and doubles down on the competence. And isn’t Romney’s “I love policy. I love solving tough problems” quote from last night such a direct contrast to the tone of the current president, who so often seems peeved the job is harder than he bargained for? Mitt being Mitt, with his “Young Gun” running mate, could just win this.