something that only a faction of the republican party supports. it s not something that, you know, the mainstream of the republican party rejects. it is the republican budget. it has been embraced by every republican leader there is from governor romney on down. so what the case the case the president was making today, there are two competing visions of america s future that are very stark. and that can be easily contrasted. and one is embodied in the ryan republican budget. and it basically embodies like doubling down on the same policies that got us into the worst financial and economic crisis we ve had in 70 years. you say you say radical. the president earlier today said trojan horse. and also said that it it was a thinly veiled social darwinism. let me show you how paul ryan responded. quote, like his reckless budgets, today s speech by president obama is as revealing as it is disappointing. while others lead by offering real solutions, he has chosen to
they seemed to be taking easy shots at mitt romney. they don t know what the candidate is going to be, but mitt romney is the presumed front runner. as democrats you don t want to get in there and try to pick a candidate and help somebody out and get an unintended consequence. i think they think the way you beat mitt room knee is by infusing the sense of him as a flip-flopper so doing that early on is a strong thing for them to do. they feel so hard to predict, but relatively confident that he ll eventually be the nominee. that s throwing up some dust and perhaps creating doubts in republican minds as well. so muddying the field. i think they think the candidates get weaker from romney on down. although it doesn t necessarily help romney that you have the white house saying maybe he s the person who we have to deal with and beginning to try to select an enemy.