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Paul Ryan: Republicans need a real agenda
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| Contributor | Imperator |
| Last Edited | Imperator Feb 10, 2012 09:22am |
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| Category | Perspective |
| Author | Shawn Tully |
| News Date | Friday, February 10, 2012 03:20:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | The right's ideas man will argue that Republicans vying to displace President Obama this fall need to start talking about concrete plans instead of slinging mud.
FORTUNE -- Congressman Paul Ryan (R-Wis) will deliver a dramatic challenge to the Republican presidential candidates at the CPAC conference in Washington, DC this evening. Without question, Ryan now stands as the intellectual leader of the GOP on economic issues. As Chairman of the House Budget Committee, Ryan has demonstrated a wonkish mastery of budget math. But it is his penchant for fearlessly advancing detailed solutions for fixing Medicare and curbing spending that has made him a hero to free market thinkers as well as a favorite target for President Obama. He has also become a controversial figure among Republican lawmakers, many of whom fear that his proposals, for all their specificity, are political poison.
Fortune obtained excerpts of Ryan's speech, entitled "America Deserves a Choice," and also spoke with the Congressman by phone this morning. Ryan's address amounts to a bold manifesto on how the Republican candidate should frame the coming debate with President Obama. He warns that it would be a serious mistake to base the campaign on an attack of Obama's policies. "We know the election cannot just be a referendum on President Obama's failed leadership," the address states. He strongly rejects the argument that the Republicans should strive to "win by default" and "just oppose" Obama. |
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