She is talking about the Ryan block-grand proposal of Medicaid which pays for nursing home bills for those with no $$$. Those places are a pretty grim situation even now.
RE :”I think it's likely that the left will be able to use the new Ryan budget proposal to their advantage. “
That is pretty easy to do.
I still remember Ryan last year getting heat after the vote and he said :” It's not a budget. It's just a proposal. It's just putting an idea on the table for a talking point start ”.
I don't see anywhere where Ryan has changed that Dem argument against into his favor against them.
Neither do I.
2 big problems:
1) There are so many govt. moochers that any serious attempt to cut spending will face a severe attack (led by the left) and such an attack might be more successful than we think.
2) The GOP seems to assume that they can seriously reform entitlements, but apparently don't have the skill or energy to convince voters that it needs to be done. Even if they did possess that skill, I am not certain that the voters care whether we go broke, as long as we go broke down the road somewhere.
I hope my fear is misguided.