[kabar]

Why are they so deaf, so nieve, about amnesty/immigration reform, etc.? Have they no common sense? Have the pollsters convinced them it will work? (the same pollsters who had the election predictions so wrong?) Why don't they focus on communicating the message/outreach without destroying themselves as a party? When I heard Ryan sign up for this, this am, my heart just hurt for America.

Political correctness and political consultants. They believe the American public can't handle the truth and they worry about their personal political futures. Both parties have been kicking the can down the road re our dire fiscal condition. They can't figure out how to dismount from the fiscal tiger. And both parties like big spending and big government. It is all about power and inflence. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. No one wants to scale back the welfare state.

but Ryan should not be the poster-boy right now.

Ryan is part of the Establishment.

[Girlene]

Whether Ryan realizes it or not, sadly, he is. To his defense, enough Americans (LOV’s or LIV’s) haven’t shown a lot of interest in dealing with our problems realistically. So lets work on our messaging, outreach, media interaction, not sell out our principles.