Why Republicans in the House are vulnerable in 2012

Republican support in the House for the Ryan plan, which basically ends the current Medicare plan, is a huge gamble. Rep. Marino made some inroads in the last election by pointing out that Rep. Carney had supported a five hundred million dollar "cut" in Medicare. (Actually, it was a planned reduction in the future GROWTH of Medicare spending--a distinction even Ronald Reagan understood when he talked about budgets.) Now the House Republicans, with only Ron Paul (!) and a handful of others as exceptions, have voted for the Ryan plan (perhaps assuming that no one will ever look to see what's actually in the plan, since it is so unlikely to become law). Something tells me that we will be hearing a lot more about Medicare before November 2012.

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