voted for a $715 billion stimulus that was very similar to obama's. it was never entirely clear how obama's $787 billion stimulus was socialism but $715 billion was good public policy. they realized their ticket back to power was no. it's a big government mess. they've been very relentless with it. >> did you look at paul ryan and how he's bashing the stimulus plan since even before he was the running mate, look at this. >> we learned that much of this stimulus, which was neither targeted timely or temporary, in fact, it was just a down payment on government programs. all this temporary booster shot stimulus didn't work in the stimulus package, so we don't want to go with ideas that have proven to fail but ideas that prove to success. the failed stimulus is typical of washington's destructive economic agenda. it failed to create the jobs promised. >> but you in the book actually have charts showing what happened with the stimulus, and is there any merit to what ryan