tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post4760645617202784162..comments2024-03-10T13:59:19.230-04:00Comments on xpostfactoid: Obama corrects an expired talking pointAndrew Sprunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601269968798865106noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post-28453591864579272282012-09-05T09:20:33.956-04:002012-09-05T09:20:33.956-04:00Aidan, Romney's Medicare "plan" is a...Aidan, Romney's Medicare "plan" is awfully vague, but at the rate he's been pandering there's really no way to imagine him now publicly advocating the earlier Ryan plan -- he's been stressing that conventional Medicare will still be an option, and that's the main difference between Ryan 2011 and Ryan 2012 (in the 2013 budget). The candidate is not bound by the party platform. No one is really owning Ryan 2011 now. Andrew Sprunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17601269968798865106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post-479850874449242232012-09-04T15:51:32.998-04:002012-09-04T15:51:32.998-04:00Um, JS, I think you've mistaken the more obvio...Um, JS, I think you've mistaken the more obvious analysis of my questions, which were designed to suggest that Mr. Sprung was too quick to dismiss the previous talking point. I'd suggest that the answer to that first question was, Yes, citing a few examples including:<br />1. "Mitt Romney supports what Paul Ryan did. He endorsed what Paul Ryan did." Sununu at http://thepage.time.com/2011/12/08/transcript-gov-john-sununu-and-sen-jim-talent-press-conference-call/#ixzz25X3jLkUn"<br />2. "When Gingrich surged in GOP primary polls, Romney endorsed Ryan's budget plan" (WaPo via Japan Times @ http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/eo20120208a1.html)<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post-39832354017427300732012-08-31T15:33:40.188-04:002012-08-31T15:33:40.188-04:00Did both Romney and Ryan endorse the FY12 budget w...<i>Did both Romney and Ryan endorse the FY12 budget which included the coupon care?</i><br /><br />As your candidate would say "nice try".<br /><br />The fact is Romney has given NO specifics whatsoever on policy issues. His own campaign has admitted that the strategy is not to 'give' Obama or the media (or the American public) any details or proposal that he can be attacked with. This is what Ann Romney meant when asked about the tax returns: "We've given you people all we intend to."<br /><br />That Romney has moved to shore up his right flank at every turn makes it patently clear that he will be the 'warm body with a pen' that Grover Norquist requested. Whatever comes out of a right-wing Congress will be signed without question by a President Romney, which makes the Ryan/GOP House proposals relevant to this campaign.<br /><br />Stay happy, anonymous ratfker.JSnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post-46436182572258487242012-08-30T23:25:00.006-04:002012-08-30T23:25:00.006-04:00I asked Ezra Klein three questions when he challen...I asked Ezra Klein three questions when he challenged this and happily pose them to you, too:<br />1) Did both Romney and Ryan endorse the FY12 budget which included the coupon care?<br />2) Did either of them disavow that plan?<br />3) Have not both of them disavowed the FY13 budget by saying that it's Romney's campaign?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post-80760017255752500732012-08-30T17:08:33.847-04:002012-08-30T17:08:33.847-04:00How does the language in the RNC platform compare ...How does the language in the RNC platform compare to the original Ryan budget and Ryan/Wyden?Aidannoreply@blogger.com