Republican vice presidential candidate and U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) gives a thumbs up to an University of Tennessee banner as he arrives for a fundraiser Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, in Knoxville, Tenn. Ryan is headlining a $1,000-a-plate luncheon organized by in part by Jim Haslam II, father of Gov. Bill Haslam and a major fundraiser and contributor to the Republican Party. (AP Photo/Knoxville News Sentinel, J. Miles Cary)
