Friday, March 9, 2012
Ryan’s Hope It’s an election year, so why is the House Budget chairman so willing to hand an explosive issue such as retooling Medicare to the Democrats? He seems tone-deaf to the potential political risks of his upcoming budget, so much so that it’s worth asking: Is this budget plan more important to him than, say, the Republicans winning the White House? “Yeah,” Ryan says from his office on a recent afternoon. “The moral obligation to do something about the debt crisis trumps everything.” Following this sense of moral duty is either the most head-scratching move a Republican could make during a presidential election year, or the hallmark of a savvy rising GOP star whose eyes are fixed on the long view.   — By Nancy Cook

Ryan’s Hope

It’s an election year, so why is the House Budget chairman so willing to hand an explosive issue such as retooling Medicare to the Democrats?

He seems tone-deaf to the potential political risks of his upcoming budget, so much so that it’s worth asking: Is this budget plan more important to him than, say, the Republicans winning the White House?

“Yeah,” Ryan says from his office on a recent afternoon. “The moral obligation to do something about the debt crisis trumps everything.”

Following this sense of moral duty is either the most head-scratching move a Republican could make during a presidential election year, or the hallmark of a savvy rising GOP star whose eyes are fixed on the long view.   — By Nancy Cook

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    Yeah, God forbid someone should think about the country for a change.
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    Lolz
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