Santorum: Ryan Right on Medicare; Pawlenty: I'll Have My Own Plan; Gingrich: ‘Slow Down’

CNSNews ^ | 6/14/11 | Terence P. Jeffrey

[CNSNews]

(CNSNews.com) - Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R.-Pa.) drew a sharp distinction between himself and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (Ga.) in the Republican presidential debate in New Hampshire Monday night when he firmly endorsed House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan’s (R.-Wis.) Medicare reform plan immediately after Gingrich reiterated his reservations about the plan.

Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty said he will have his own Medicare reform plan.

After Gingrich said Republicans should “slow down” on Medicare reform and that there were “certain things” he would do differently than Ryan in reforming Medicare, debate moderator John King of CNN asked Santorum if Republicans should slow down.

[stuartcr]

All just words. Very little, if any, will really get accomplished no matter who gets elected. I think they all spent too much time bashing Obama, and not enough on explaning how they will accomplish what they propose.

[SoConPubbie]

All just words. Very little, if any, will really get accomplished no matter who gets elected. I think they all spent too much time bashing Obama, and not enough on explaning how they will accomplish what they propose.

Normal GOP ELite gameplan:

Point out how bad the other guy is to distract you from how few, if any, actual, verifiable solutions they have for any problems we are facing.

[stuartcr]

That’s pretty much defines presidential candidates these days. No one actually knows of any realistic solutions that would really get implemented. Someone gets elected, and the parties run the country.