The Dangers Of Romney Endorsing Paul Ryan's Budget

New York Times:

The conventional wisdom in American presidential politics is that once a candidate has secured a party’s nomination, he tends to move away from articulating the views of the party faithful toward the political center. This makes sense as a way to win votes in the general election, and there has been a presumption that Mitt Romney will head in that direction.

However, in a panel discussion on Tuesday, Vin Weber, a senior adviser to Mr. Romney, indicated that the campaign might be moving toward positions on fiscal policy that were close to those proposed by Representative Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin and his Republican colleagues on the House Budget Committee.

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Comments

[JenJen56600785]

07:27 PM on 05/31/2012

There's a sad vacuity in the posts preceding this one. What is it about the Ryan Budget that troubles you? And what about the Obama economy pleases you?

Notice that this article says someone MIGHT do something, and speaks of "presumptions." Why don't we wait for actual substance on this topic before debating that?

[edward60]

09:14 PM on 05/03/2012

Mitt will never be President, so it doesnt matter and Ryan is on his way out

[StopMakingSense2]

01:16 PM on 05/03/2012

Conservatives talk the talk but when they try to walk the walk they fall down go boom!

[demisfine]

12:02 PM on 05/03/2012

Slight understatement.
Mitt EMBRACED the Ryan Budget. He called it marvelous.
Whether or not it is good for the nation, for the deficit, for the people of this country, Mitt sees the Ryan Budget as a way to become tolerable to the Tea Party.
The Republicans in the House ALL signed on to Ryan's plan.
All of them.
Good enough for Mitt.
Mitt, the businessman.
Mitt, the man who will NEVER be president.

[BoycottFox2]

12:09 PM on 05/03/2012

I agree, this water over the dam for Mitt. He accepted the Ryans plan.