I like the politics. First, that was a total garbage deal and slashed defense for little other gain. IMO, the Boehnner/McConnell team misplayed that whole thing so bad, it is what gave life back to Obama in this campaign. Romney is fighting to reverse those cuts in his campaign,and this supports that promise.
Also, if we will all remember, Ryan was amazingly completely absent from that debate. The leadership team was in the negotiations, and Ryan was not included by them. He was busy with other hearings. Ryan surely voted for it as he reports to the leadership, but he was not materially involved. He did one big sunday morning interview in the midst of it, and it was clear he was not at the table. He spoke of it in distant terms.
I am fine with Romney distancing himself from the GOP congressional leadership, as well as from the bush years. He needs to run as a leader that moves us past this current course.
Agree!
Correct. This is NOT a dig on Ryan.
The “Cut, Cap and balance” plan was the House position to implement cut, cap and balance. That had the Ryan budget.
The Boehner/McConnell/Reid sausage that was made in Aug 2011 was NOT Ryan budget, not even close. It was a big punt to 2013 -— the fiscal cliff we now face because of the failure to cut $2 trillion out of the budget.