Republicans go out on a political limb on budget (WaPo)

[jefferson_dem]

Republicans go out on a political limb on budget
By Chris Cillizza



The House approved Rep. Paul Ryan’s (R-Wisc.) 2012 budget blueprint — a blueprint that includes a fundamental re-imagining of the Medicare system — today on a nearly straight party-line vote, a result that could well come back to haunt some targeted Republicans in the 2012 elections.

The final vote — 235 yeas, 193 nays — included only four Republicans casting “no” votes and not a single Democrat voting for the plan.

While the vote was quickly hailed as a victory by Republican leaders, there is reason to believe that for some of the 61 GOP Members who sit in districts President Obama carried in 2008 it may well be a defining moment — and not in a good way -- of their first two years in Congress.

The problem for targeted Republicans who are now on the record as in support of this bill is three-fold.

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[LonePirate]

1. That "Path" looks like it has fewer pages than the number of years he needs to reach "Prosperity"

[JoePhilly]

2. Pamphlet to Prosperity?

[FrenchieCat]

3. If "re-imagining Medicare" means getting rid of it...then yeah....

Otherwise, Mr. Cillizza is still kissing GOP ass.

[DCBob]

4. They know it wont pass the Senate so it will soon be forgotten.

This was symbolic to appease the wacko teabaggers.