When House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan endorsed Mitt Romney
for president, the former Massachusetts governor got something more
valuable than a little help before the Wisconsin primary. Ryan wasn’t
simply another party leader seeking to expedite the end of the
nominating process or to enter the vice presidential sweepstakes. He was
offering Romney a chance to tie himself to a comprehensive conservative
agenda on entitlements and federal spending, thereby giving a restive
right a stake in his election.
It is no secret what Ryan had been looking for throughout the Republican primaries: a presidential candidate who would, if elected, help him realize his “Roadmap for America’s Future.” Alternately named the “Path to Prosperity,” Ryan has chalked out a fiscal blueprint that the Republican-controlled House has now twice voted to implement as a federal budget. All Ryan needs is a Senate that agrees and a president who will sign his plans into law.
Then again, that may be asking for a lot. As 2012 has progressed, the Republicans’ prospects for retaking either the Senate or the White House—to say nothing of both—have deteriorated. A Republican president and Senate majority willing to reform entitlements that benefit the middle class is even less of a guarantee. For much of the presidential race, Ryan had appeared skeptical of Romney and, much like the Wisconsin congressman’s admirers in the conservative press, seemed to prefer non-candidates like Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels.
As Romney slunk toward the nomination, things changed. The shaky frontrunner became increasingly supportive of Paul Ryan’s budget proposals. Ryan in turn warmed to Romney. “I was not a fan of Bob Dole being our nominee in ’96, I didn’t support John McCain throughout the primary, I supported other people last time,” Ryan was quoted as saying. “This is not the same kind of candidate.”
Read more: http://www.theamericanconservative.com/blog/bump-in-the-roadmap/
It is no secret what Ryan had been looking for throughout the Republican primaries: a presidential candidate who would, if elected, help him realize his “Roadmap for America’s Future.” Alternately named the “Path to Prosperity,” Ryan has chalked out a fiscal blueprint that the Republican-controlled House has now twice voted to implement as a federal budget. All Ryan needs is a Senate that agrees and a president who will sign his plans into law.
Then again, that may be asking for a lot. As 2012 has progressed, the Republicans’ prospects for retaking either the Senate or the White House—to say nothing of both—have deteriorated. A Republican president and Senate majority willing to reform entitlements that benefit the middle class is even less of a guarantee. For much of the presidential race, Ryan had appeared skeptical of Romney and, much like the Wisconsin congressman’s admirers in the conservative press, seemed to prefer non-candidates like Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels.
As Romney slunk toward the nomination, things changed. The shaky frontrunner became increasingly supportive of Paul Ryan’s budget proposals. Ryan in turn warmed to Romney. “I was not a fan of Bob Dole being our nominee in ’96, I didn’t support John McCain throughout the primary, I supported other people last time,” Ryan was quoted as saying. “This is not the same kind of candidate.”
Read more: http://www.theamericanconservative.com/blog/bump-in-the-roadmap/
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