Ryan touched the third rail. It was foolish. He’s damaged goods and he’s finished.
Last November, voters gave the Congress to the GOP because the GOP campaigned on restoring fiscal sanity to D.C., including reforming entitlements.
The opposite of what you wrote is true. If the GOP did not tackle the third rail as they pledged to do, they would have been finished.
Um, I don't think so. Conservatives are thrilled that someone, FINALLY, is actually doing something to rein in the spending. Sure the MSM will demagogue the issue, and there will be much more heat than light on the issue, but with the economy the way it is right now, I believe many Americans will begin to understand that Ryan's plan, or something like it, is necessary to reduce government spending.