plan a right wing social engineering plan, suicide he s called it. this is a person who has a very questionable record when it comes to leading conservative principles. the campaign has been loading press inboxes with releases pointing out those gingrich comments. but perhaps inconveniently paul ryan is distancing himself from the original ryan plan. ryan will unveil a new frame work today with democratic senator ron wyden who i m sure is popular at dnc this morning which would preserve medicare giving seniors the choice now between staying in traditional medicare, not just saving it just for folks at 55 or older, but then having an opt in to a new private plan alternative. conservative blogger eric erickson tweeted this morning, paul ryan s retreat renders newt criticisms of the ryan plan