Democrats Can’t Wait To Run Against Paul Ryan’s Budget

Democrats were perhaps as excited by the selection of Rep. Paul Ryan as Republicans Saturday, boasting that Ryan will be a boon to their cause on every level.

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Democrats suggested to TPM that Ryan’s pick represents a turning point they can exploit on two major fronts.

On the policy end, Ryan’s budget instantly adds meat to Romney’s skeleton of a tax and deficit plan, where the governor has been notoriously cautious about offering any specifics that might be politically damaging. While Romney has not indicated he will run on Ryan’s budget specifically, Democrats won’t care about the distinction in formulating their attacks.

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On entitlements, Romney offered up a Medicare voucher plan, but offered no details as to how generous the vouchers would be, making it difficult to accuse him of slashing seniors benefits. Democrats will have no such problem with Ryan’s detailed Medicare plan, which the nonpartisan CBO estimates would require seniors to pay thousands of dollars more in out-of-pocket costs.


http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/08/democrats-cant-wait-to-run-against-paul-ryans-budget.php?ref=fpa

Dems gleeful of Ryan choice, cast him as 'radical' hardliner
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Condemnations would have been issued from Chicago regardless of who Romney had picked to be his running mate. But, in interviews with The Hill, Democratic insiders seemed genuinely gleeful that Romney had chosen a man who his critics believe can be cast as a hardliner who pursues abstract fiscal ideas at the expense of middle-class families.

"I haven't been this happy waking up since I was 12 and got a BMX for Christmas," said one top Democrat working for an outside group that is helping to reelect Obama. "The Romney-Ryan plan is a complete crystallization of the two visions for this country. The Republicans: tax cuts for millionaires and ending Medicare as we know it; and the Democrats: growing a strong middle class."

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/243205-dems-gleeful-of-ryan-pick-cast-him-as-radical