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    Text:  Last May, Leading Republicans Praised Congressman Paul Ryan

Sen. Mitch McConnell: Congressman Ryan has shown a lot of courage.

    Text: For His Plan To Reform Medicare

Rep. Mike Pence: Vision to put America back on a pathway toward a balanced budget.

Sen. Mitch McConnell: That would tackle a big part of the problem.

Speaker John Boehner: That’s worthy of the American people

   Text: But Not Newt Gingrich

NBC Meet the Press 5/15/11
Newt Gingrich: I don't think right-wing social engineering is any more desirable than left-wing social engineering.
NBC's David Gregory: But not what Paul Ryan is suggesting, which is completely changing Medicare.
Gingrich: I think that that is too big a jump.

    Text: Wall Street Journal: Gingrich chose to throw his former allies in the GOP … not so much under the bus as off the Grand Canyon.

Reporters and pundits:
James Rosen: "Former House speaker dismissed the Medicare reform plan put forward by Congressman Paul Ryan."
Joe Scarborough: "Called it radical."
Brit Hume: "About as harsh a criticism as one could level at a fellow Republican."
Mark Halperin: "Not only not embrace Ryan but to repudiate."
Charles Krauthammer: "It’s a character problem...He doesn’t have the discipline that you want in a president."

    Text: ‘Unforgivable Mistake’ – Bill Bennett, Washington Examiner, 5/16/11
    Text: Wondering Which Party’s Nomination He Is Running For.’ National Review, 5/15/11

Pat Buchanan: "He called it radical… he is out in basically he is out on the left wing of the Republican Party."

    Text: With Friends Like Newt, Who Needs The Left?

Paul Ryan (audio): With allies like that, who needs the left?

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Copyright © 2011 Eric M. Appleman/Democracy in Action.