as we see more and more of congressman paul ryan, we re starting to get a measure of demand. i m not so sure he s measuring up. he s criticizing the $600 billion in defense cuts. set to go into effect in january. okay, that s fair. he claims to be a budget cutter. but surprise, surprise, he says its president obama s fault. president obama s reckless defense cuts that are hanging over our cloud, hanging over the horizon. reckless, irresponsible defense cuts, a result of the president s failed leadership. defense spending is not half of all federal spending, but it s half of the cuts approximately in this. we disagreed with that then, we disagree with it now. time out. when did these become the president s defense cuts? if mr. ryan is against the cuts,
chris, you re the great political watcher. moment by moment. hour by hour. you know what s going on. this biden attack on the cuts medicaid, medicare, which affect not just poor people, but in the case of middle class people, medicare operation, procedures you won t be able to get, whatever goes on, it s going to hurt people at the same time, this fella, paul ryan, who advertised the fact he s a fair budget cutter is protecting the rich while he hurts the poor. obama never endorsed ryan. but the other guy has. is this going to be an issue? well, democrats think so and i would say this is you mentioned biden made these comments to a group of seniors. i think this is an attack or a point that democrats think wings wins them the most points, most credibility. really cuts against romney the most against the 60-plus voters. talking about cutting medicare and social security, we refer to it it is a third rail of american politics for a reason. back in 2005, george bush tried
author of the gospel. erin mcpike. real clear politics. chris, you re the great political watcher. moment by moment. hour by hour. you know what s going on. this biden attack on the cuts medicaid, medicare, which affect not just poor people, but in the case of middle class people, medicare operation, procedures you won t be able to get, whatever goes on, it s going to hurt people at the same time, this fella, paul ryan, who advertised the fact he s a fair budget cutter is protecting the rich while he hurts the poor. obama never endorsed ryan. but the other guy has. is this going to be an issue? well, democrats think so and i would say this is you mentioned biden made these comments to a group of seniors. i think this is an attack or a point that democrats think wings wins them the most points, most credibility. really cuts against romney the most against the 60-plus voters.
erin mcpike. chris, you re the great political watcher. moment by moment. hour by hour. you know what s going on. this biden attack on the cuts medicaid, medicare, which affect not just poor people, but in the case of middle class people, medicare operation, procedures you won t be able to get, whatever goes on, it s going to hurt people at the same time, this fella, paul ryan, who advertised the fact he s a fair budget cutter is protecting the rich while he hurts the poor. is this going to be an issue? well, democrats think so and i would say this is you mentioned biden made these comments to a group of seniors. i think this is an attack or a point that democrats think wings them the most points, the most credibility, really cuts against romney the most 60 plus voters talking about medicare and social security. we refer to it as the third rail
programs, i will take those dollars and give them back to the states. one thing i knew those liberals would love, andly get rid of it. those are his clear and in my opinion pointed priorities. they are, but look. mitt romney s biggest selling point for this campaign, is that he is a budget cutter. he was a budget cutter when he was running the olympics, in the private sector, and as governor. people don t want their economy to be cut. they like the individual programs they have. in one way, good for mitt romney that he is being a little more honest about the programs he wants to cut if he is president, but the people that benefit from some of those programs might not want to vote for him after hearing that. it s unlikely they would anyway,