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Did Paul Ryan Just Become the Leader of the Republican Party?

This has as much to do with the President’s rant against Paul Ryan yesterday as much as it does the lack of other options on our side. John Boehner is rapidly losing support for his budget deal that doesn’t quite look like much of a deal, and the only Presidential candidate that getting any press lately is Donald Trump, who…honestly, I’d be here encoding hyperlinks all day with examples of why he needs to just stop.

That said, President Obama seemed to launch his re-election campaign against not any of the candidates or the Speaker of the House, but against the Chairman of the House Budget committee. Paul Ryan introduced his budget, “the Path to Prosperity,” last week. Love it or hate it, it’s hard to deny it’s not a serious plan and a clear direction for the country.

Well, yesterday was the President’s turn. He invited Ryan and a few others to hear him speak on his plan for the budget and to tackle the debt. Only instead…

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Paul Ryan previews FY2012 budget, pushes back on political attacks

Marco Rubio Announces His Candidacy for President

“What you’re seeing with Marco Rubio‘s op-ed today is a tectonic shift in the Senate power structure. Bank on it.” – THE Rick Wilson

No, he didn’t announce anything nor is he going to (psyche), but after laying low since being sworn into office, he did take a huge step back out into the national spotlight with a recent editorial in the Wall Street Journal. The big criticism of our party from within the party (the criticism from unserious liberals is Koch Brothers/Fox News/Sarah Palin) is that our leaders are afraid to make any hard decisions when it comes to the budget or debt.

Many of us are waiting for Paul Ryan’s budget next week because, while it will be serious, the reactions from within caucus will give an idea how serious everyone else is. Marco Rubio raised the bar a little by saying he won’t vote to increase the debt limit anymore unless it is the “…last one we ever authorize and is accompanied by a plan for fundamental tax reform, an overhaul of our regulatory structure, a cut to discretionary spending, etc”. He was not without some suggestions how…
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Mitch Daniels: On Social Issues and a Money Back Guarantee

We have a double dose of the “Monday Mitch” today. I try, depending on time and laziness, to share at least one article concerning my preferred candidate in the 2012 GOP Primary. Thanks to Snowpocolypse 2010 attacking my poor little Long Island (not that I would to complain to anyone from Indiana aboot the snow), you get two!

The first deals with the economy, which is the main reason many of us who are fans of Mitch Daniels are in fact fans of Mitch Daniels. Jonah Goldberg even referred to him as, “…the first pick of wonks and D. C. eggheads.” A perfect example of why would be what he’s doing as Governor of Indiana right now.

You hear R’s and C’s always talking aboot balancing the budget. Why not balance the budget AND give people their money back…

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Sarah Palin’s “Roadmap for America’s Future”

I’m a Sarah Palin agnostic. I don’t dislike her as much as I dislike the fact that everyone thinks they need to have an opinion on her. I dislike having to defend her from the liberal media whenever they go on the attack over petty bullshit (particular involving her family) and blame anything that happened in 2008 on the mind-numbing incompetence of the McCain campaign. I also dislike having some of the zealots who follow her go on the attack every time anyone makes the slightest criticism of her.

I also reserve the right to disavow knowledge of anyone who seriously tries to compare her to Ronald Reagan. A) it’s not funny. B) Reagan is the Republican Highlander: There Can Only Be One.

If she chooses to run, she’s no where near my first choice as a candidate. It isn’t because she’s a woman or not part of the establishment, I just never considered her to be serious. Fine, she knows the catchphrases and the ten word version of conservative dogma, but outside of Fox News and the assignments she posts on Facebook…has anyone challenger her on any of it?

Here’s the rub. The preceding paragraph? All before last Friday when she penned a Wall Street Journal editorial endorsing Paul Ryan’s “Roadmap for America’s Future.” So sayeth Mrs. Palin…

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Paul Ryan on Morning Joe talking about cutting spending