resurrected the old newt gingrich plan to kill medicare by privatizing it and replacing it with vouchers. he also called for privatizing social security. that was 2008. in 2010, paul ryan tried again. a new version of his road map, and a splashy new website to launch it. guess what was still in the plan? a medicare overhaul that the wall street journal of all papers accused of ending medicare as we know it. privatizing medicare, replacing it with vouchers. that became an effective weapon for democrats, at least the ones who chose to wield it in the 2010 elections. in april of last year, ryan changed the title of the plan, he dumped the road map name and went with something maybe a little slower. this is not a road map but a path to prosperity. it was only in this brand new version, the 2011 version of the plan, that he finally dropped the idea of privatizing social security. he kept the partial privatization of medicare. he said to ryan lizza of the new yorker he had to compromise.
gingrich plan to kill medicare by privatizing it and replacing it with vouchers. he also called for privatizing social security. that was 2008. in 2010, paul ryan tried again. a new version of his road map, and a splashy new website to launch it. guess what was still in the plan? a medicare overhaul that the wall street journal of all papers accused of ending medicare as we know it. privatizing medicare, replacing it with vouchers. that, of course, became an effective political weapon for democrats, at least the ones who chose to wield it in the 2010 midterm election. in april of last year, ryan changed the title of the plan, he dumped the road map name and went with something maybe a little slower. this is not a road map but a path to prosperity. it was only in this brand new version, the 2011 version of the plan, that he finally dropped the idea of privatizing social security. he kept the partial privatization of medicare. he said to ryan lizza of the new yorker he had to compromise.
by privatizing it and replacing it with vouchers. he also called for privatizing social security. that was 2008. in 2010, paul ryan tried again. a new version of his road map, and a splashy new website to launch it. guess what was still in the plan? a medicare overhaul that the wall street journal of all papers accused of ending medicare as we know it. privatizing medicare, replacing it with vouchers. that, of course, became an effective political weapon for democrats, at least the ones who chose to wield it in the 2010 midterm election. in april of last year, ryan changed the title of the plan, he dumped the road map name and went with something maybe a little slower. this is not a road map but a path to prosperity. it was only in this brand new version, the 2011 version of the plan, that he finally dropped the idea of privatizing social security. he kept the partial privatization of medicare. he said to ryan lizza of the new yorker he had to compromise. his original road map idea, qu
could hurt romney in florida. absolutely. paul ryan may not be universally known but what everybody knows is medicare. in a state like florida that has a large elderly population, medicare is a key issue. when you see how they play it, the very first video that they ve put out, the very first web ad against paul ryan as the v.p. pick is interviews with people in florida. they go across and have a cross section of people talking about paul ryan ending medicare. uh-huh. that s going to be a huge and a really powerful argument in that state and i actually think it s telling that on the first trip to florida ryan didn t go because that would have been his golden opportunity to confront the issue. it s not an issue of having a pleasant messenger. the message itself is going to be problematic in florida. my thanks to all of you, thanks. we ve been apart for too long. sarah palin was part of the 2008 republican convention and she won t be this time around. why republicans won t even
he believes and now governor romney believes that the best way to finance huge tax cuts for wealthy is on the backs of the middle class and to ask seniors to simply pay more by ending medicare as we know it. i think this was a choice in the election before. i think this is now crystallized into a perfect choice about how we re going to build this economy going forward. are we going to go back to huge tax cuts for the wealthy on the backs of students and the middle class and senior citizens? the very same policies that got us into this mess or are we going to build forward and create an economy that does invest in kids that want to go to college. you used a phrase that some would say, you guys are trying to demagogue. i want to play something the president said in january 2010 about entitlements.