WI: Romney/Ryan in 2008

I know that in 2008 this ticket would not win, but the thought of a Romney/Ryan Ticket four years earlier fascinates me. Obama would not be on the defensive of his record in ATL 2008. What would an earlier Romney/Ryan Ticket mean for Romney and Ryan's future political careers? Would Romney run for President again or for Senate earlier? Would Paul Ryan ascend the ladder in the house earlier and just wait in the wings as John Boehner's groomed successor? Does Paul Ryan, rather than Sarah Palin, influence the direction of the Tea Party?
 
Romney would get crushed in 2008, worse than McCain. The attacks against his record at Bain would hit even harder and stick much better than they did 2012 OTL because of the financial crisis. Romney's presidential ambitions are done after that, whether he goes for the Senate earlier or not is a mystery, but he certainly doesn't run for President again. As for Paul Ryan, I think he uses the earlier VP nomination and whatever fame he'd get from a Tea Party TTL to launch a Presidential campaign in 2012 and I think he'd lose the general (unless someone greater than the field of OTL emerges to challenge him) to Obama by roughly the same margin Romney did OTL. The good thing about this scenario is I doubt anyone outside of Alaska would ever know of Sarah Palin.
 
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