Can Romney successfully distance himself from the radical RW Ryan budget ?

[steve2470]

I don't think so, but what do I know. What do you think ?

[liberal N proud]

1. He will try, while at the same time embracing it.

[brooklynite]

2. Sorry, you're already behind the news curve...

Romney Campaign Doubles Down: He ‘Would Have Signed’ The Ryan Budget

Just moments after Mitt Romney announced Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) as his vice presidential nominee on Saturday, his campaign tried to distance itself from Ryan’s signature House budget. Although Romney has admitted he would sign the Ryan budget if it crossed his desk, calling it “marvelous” and an “important step”, the campaign’s internal talking points were careful to avoid endorsing the Republican blueprint: “Gov. Romney applauds Paul Ryan for going in the right direction with his budget, and as president he will be putting together his own plan for cutting the deficit and putting the budget on a path to balance,” they argued.

But a day later, the campaign switched tactics and went back to embracing the document, insisting that Romney would have happily signed it into law:

TOP ROMNEY ADVISER ED GILLESPIE: Well, as Governor Romney has made clear, if the Romney, sorry, if the Ryan budget had come to his desk as a budget, he would have signed it, of course, and one of the reasons that he chose Congressman Ryan is his willingness to put forward innovative solutions in the budget.

RNC CHAIRMAN REINCE PREIBUS: First of all, he did embrace the Ryan budget. He embraced it.

[steve2470]

3. Oh I sure am...

thank you for that !

[Ruby the Liberal]

4. Thats not all he is going to try to distance himself from.

Check out the look on his face when Eddie Munster says "they" are going to eliminate tax shelters.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10021120623

[creeksneakers2]

5. He doesn't want to distance himself

He wants to turn the election into a big government / small government debate.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

8. That will be a good debate IMHO for us to have

People have lost touch with the idea of government doing good things and being successful. Obama/Biden can help (re-)make the case that having a strong, stable government is necessary to keep this country running and I don't know anybody who wants to dump things like Social Security and Medicare for "free market" alternatives.

[GP6971]

6. If he hasn't already

He'll filp again. Sorry, Ben out of the loop most of the day

[Proud Liberal Dem]

7. I don't see how exactly?

He picked the architect of it, so he at least thought that it was a good idea- and he's on record as supporting it, so........ BTW this is why they're trying to attack President Obama over the Medicare cuts as part of ACA. Course, like everything else, this has easily been debunked

[rocktivity]

9. I think the honeymoon's over.

rocktivity

[Gman]

10. Romney and the Ryan Budget are now joined at the hip

there is no escaping it.