Republican vice presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan (R) of Wisconsin, shakes hands following a campaign event at Partnership for Defense Innovation in Fayetteville, N.C., Thursday. (AP Photo/ Sara D. Davis/AP

    

To many Americans, Congressman Ryan’s college dating life is a nonstory, just as it was in Mr. Obama's case which portrayed the importance of his own interracial dating years ago.

    

 But that Ryan's was a decoy to shield his anti-African-American community policies, the report could color impressions of his character and the proposals he espouses.

    

     So far, Ryan hasn’t made any further comments about the mystery college girlfriend, though his campaign has confirmed the report.

    

Some college buddies reached by reporters couldn’t remember a black girlfriend.

   

But discussion has been percolating on the Internet about what the news means – if anything.