politically it turns out not to work politically. i want to get to something. in the very first interview romney and ryan gave after ryan joined the ticket, bob sheath pointed out that ryan s budget plan could be trouble for romney. let s listen. there s no question your campaign has been trying to make this election a referendum on barack obama. now, some people are saying you are making it a referendum on paul ryan s budget plan. well, i have my budget plan, as you know, that i ve put out. and that s the budget plan that we re going to run on. and again, this sunday romney had to distance himself from ryan s positions and assert that he s the man at the top of the ticket. let s listen. the president s cutting $716 billion from current medicare. i disagree with that. i would put those dollars back into medicare. mr. ryan has proposed something similar, almost