In his first live television interview since the November election, U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan Sunday blasted President Barack Obama for his handling of the economy and said the nation would be in better financial shape if Hillary Clinton were president.
Speaking on NBC's "Meet the Press," the former Republican vice presidential candidate said "we would have fixed this fiscal mess by now" if Clinton had been president, The Huffington Post reported.
Clinton, who is secretary of state, ran unsuccessfully against Obama in the 2008 Democratic primary. Clinton is considered the strongest potential Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, however, she has not indicated whether she would make another run for the nation's highest office.
In Sunday's interview, Ryan took a number of jabs at Obama, the Huffington Post said, at one point saying: "I don't think that the president thinks we actually have a fiscal crisis." Ryan even pulled out a chart to show host David Gregory the dangers of runaway government spending.
Ryan also predicted that the so-called "sequester" cuts, which Congress postponed for two months following the fiscal cliff deal at the beginning of this year, will likely take place, CNN.com reported. Those cuts would slash critical items from the budget of both defense and some non-defense aspects of the government to help save money.
Ryan said he doesn't think the country is facing a government shutdown this spring, but he said the sequester cuts will happen, CNN.com said.
"We can't lose those spending cuts. That was to pay for the last debt ceiling increase, let alone any future increases," Ryan told Gregory.
The congressman from Janesville also reflected on the presidential election, the Huffington Post reported.
"It was a great experience, I feel that I benefited tremendously from that," Ryan said. "Mitt Romney would have been one heck of a great president. He's a very good man. And the big regret I have is that we didn't win the election and that we weren't able to put the kinds of reforms that we think are right for the country in place."
Ryan's name often comes up as a possible presidential candidate in 2016, but when asked what he thought about running then, he said: "I don't."
“I think it’s just premature,” Mediaiate.com quoted Ryan as saying. “I’ve got a job to do. I represent Wisconsin, I’m chairman of the budget committee at the time we have a fiscal crisis.”
Until this weekend, Ryan had kept a relatively low profile after the November presidential election. On Saturday, Ryan spoke at a gathering of conservatives in Washington, D.C., where he said the Republican Party must avoid internal bickering in the wake of the losses in November, The Huffington Post reported.
Ryan's first public appearance in Wisconsin since the election came about two weeks ago, when he spoke at a Tea Party rally in Racine and blasted the federal Affordable Care Act.
Hard work does not do anything for self betterment...I just need to hope instead (and join the FSA)
My issue with Paul Ryan is that he sits in a conservative reactionary ideological bubble. In times past, his extreme positions wouldn't account for anything and he wouldn't even be a footnote to history. If Ryan were able to be move more to the middle, then he might have a shot at higher office.
So now you've jumped ship to the anti-Walker side? and probably doesn't cut it, how about some facts for a change instead maligning people that don't agree with you? John also wrote: "I think Bren elucidated the use of the word “oversaw” for your cohort Chadwick earlier in this blog; perhaps you too might be capable of at least a little learning…" Bren attempted to refine "oversaw" to suit her argument. To oversee is to have an active SUPERVISORY role in the actual event. Sow how did Paul Ryan SUPERVISE the destruction of AMC, Delphi, and Chrysler in this state? Bren also attempted to tie Paul Ryan to Parker Pen, with: "Parker Pen's long death spiral also ended on Ryan's watch. " Long death spiral kind of indicates the company had been in trouble long before Mr. Ryan came on the scene. John also wrote: ""Delphi had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2005. In August, the company settled lawsuits by investors who accused the company's former managers of fraud.” Ryan helped them... " You got a link to that, or does that fall under your category of "probably"?
But this could be the reason for her early retirement. I do not want her to be President, but I would prefer her to Obama. Brain Dey: My sister died from brain cancer. She was dosed with large quantities of steroids in the beginning. She became inflated from the steroids not unlike Hillary. Let's hope Hillary is just putting on some weight from age. Politics aside, no one should have to endure the process of brain cancer.
Perhaps it will be Ryan in 2016 ! Not that anyone would want the job after 8 years of Obamanomics.
Which market are you referring to? The DJIA or ? Do you even understand how it works?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KynpC1e9I9E
Whenever Rep Ryan speaks this timeless classic always comes to mind.
No Democrat ever cosponsored a Medicare Bill with Ryan; the Democratic Congressman in question here even publically refuted that. He met with Ryan and they discussed possible scenarios… Ryan – aka also known as Lyin’ Ryan for good reason – characterized these discussions as “cosponsored” a bill with…Ron Wyden (D) Wyoming. To characterize Ryan as bipartisan is sort of like discussing a virgin harlot. Pragmatic to Ryan means that it matches the numbers he pulled from his derriere when creating a budget. No one really wants to address these issues in a serious manner, not the D’s or R’s, as that in all probability will mean CUTS, rather than going after the drivers of these expenditures… the “job creators” that rape you daily… “Gov. Romney is talking nonsense. Bipartisanship requires that you not make up the facts. I did not ‘co-lead a piece of legislation.’ I wrote a policy paper on options for Medicare. Several months after the paper came out I spoke and voted against the Medicare provisions in the Ryan budget. Governor Romney needs to learn you don’t protect seniors by makings things up, and his comments today sure won’t help promote real bipartisanship.” http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/08/13/683201/ron-wyden-pushes-back-at-mitt-romney-linking-him-to-paul-ryans-plans-for-medicare/?mobile=nc
You do know, of course, that the only reason I engage in any dialog with you at all is so that I can see my written words in quotes… Look up the definition of rhetorical and while you are there, check out nuance. Is English your FIRST language?
When was the last time you seen a failed - LOSER - VP candidate resurrected, run for president and win?
1) You make some silly comment, usually based on some Liberal talking point. 2) I, and others like Chadwick, Greg and Brian Dey, refute your nonsense with facts, reason, insight, or usually all three. 3) You then respond with silly insults like: “Your nose is growing... boring...” “You folks are entirely clueless!” “Is English your FIRST language?” “judy kozlowski -Well, I know for a fact ONE of you are... (a fool)” How about some thoughtful responses instead. I mean really, you are still trying to blame the AMC demise and Chrysler leaving on Ryan TEN YEARS before he was elected to congress??? Where did you get your information, from the government website departmentofnumbers.com??? And you still haven't posted anything about Ryan's involvement in the Delphi bankruptcy.
http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2013/01/conservative-fever-starting-break Is the Conservative Fever Starting to Break? —By Kevin Drum | Wed Jan. 30, 2013 12:13 PM PST Andrew Sullivan thinks there's been a tectonic shift since Barack Obama's reelection: It's not just the return to Clinton tax rates for the very wealthy; it's a real cultural shift as well. In the last week, we have seen the Boy Scouts back off a national policy of excluding openly gay scouts and scout-masters (which means the Mormon hierarchy must have not made too big a fuss); we have Tom Tancredo almost smoking a joint in public (don't make a bet with him on anything in the future); we have Sean Hannity's ratings plummeting; we see gay couples included in the president's comprehensive immigration reform; we have Limbaugh edging ever-so-slightly toward Rubio on immigration. That chart does surprise me. Not because Obama's favorables are up five points. That seems like fairly standard inaugural honeymoon stuff. But his unfavorables are down ten points. Some of that is honeymoon stuff too, and it will wash out soon enough. Still, it's a big drop, and it suggests that maybe a bit of the fever has broken on the right. Maybe.....
I suspect you are being just a bit overly optimistic; I really do not think that the general population of the TP/GOP is ready for anything other than a fleeting, a very tenuous, relationship with sanity. The NEW congress will give when they absolutely have to – it is all about their jobs, not WE THE PEOPLE; the TP/GOP has already emailed everyone their NEW “Talking Points” and that is their tactic to WIN THE TANNED VOTE AND THE WOMAN’S VOTE. Real change is real tough work and it requires insight into the human condition and your own personality and shortcomings; psychotic ideation is not eliminated by feckless “talking points”. Everything they do is for the acquisition of political and economic power. Cleaning up the racist, race baiting, hateful language, stereotypes and fear mongering against tanned people, contraception, abortion, equal pay and equal rights for women, while silencing the many Todd Akins’ in the party, are just a massive subterfuge with the goal being getting VOTES. They are not even close to that, “come to Jesus moment”. When Wayne La Pierre stands up and supports a ban on semi-automatic weapons, universal background checks, a 10-magazine maximum, as does 86% of the NRA membership, and sends his lobbyists out to support that, I will seriously begin to reassess my current opinion of the TP/GOP.
It would be similar to, in your book, linking to Paul Ryan's own website.
Tanned people? What the hell are you talking about?
1. Ineptocracy *_Ineptocracy_****(in-ep-toc’-ra-cy) – a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society least likely to sustain themselves or succeed, are rewarded with goods and services paid for by the confiscated wealth of a diminishing number of producers*
Jesus Wilson, that is sad.
Being part of the TP/GOP cabal that frequently posts on the Patch it is clear that you KNOW THINGS. “…but I would “guess” that 86% disagree with you on the ban on semi automatic weapons and high capacity magazines.” That sounds suspiciously like a “guess” to me. I know it will take some time for you to progress through the anger stage of grief, some folks never do…You may disparage the American electorate all you want because their thinking is not as warped and convoluted as yours and they do not feel as you, because in America we do have “free speech”. That does not change the fact, however, that you lost the election and subsequently, you are a loser. In fact, you TP/GOP clowns lost the popular vote in 5 out of 6 last presidential elections; you lost the last 5 out of 6 Presidential Electoral College elections too – I am discounting the Supreme Court’s decision to give that superb intellectual, GWB the 2000 election… there is a message in this for those wise enough to comprehend and analyze… Incidentally, there is no money to be made for anyone from NOT selling guns and ammunition; however, there are billions to be made by enticing fearful clowns into buying them as a symbol of their manhood. I suspect that, as a TP/GOP sycophant you might begin to gain some insight into being a loser, because, after all, you KNOW THINGS…
It's all just sour grapes, just because President Obama won Wisconsin.