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I agree that having to address a national audience after the President of the United States has spoken before both Houses of Congress is a tough act to follow. Yet I don’t entirely agree with Philip Klein when he suggests it “is always a losing proposition.”
Klein notes “the speaker doesn’t get to deliver the speech with all the applause and ceremony surrounding the president’s address.” However, this was not the case with Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell who delivered the response to President Obama’s 2010 SOTU address in front of the Virginia House of Delegates. Granted, McDonnell’s address was front of a smaller audience and nor did it have the same pomp and circumstance as the SOTU. Nevertheless, McDonnell made lemonade out of lemons.
Which brings me to Paul Ryan. Whether Ryan decides to respond to next week’s SOTU with an audience or without I think it will present an opportunity for him to impress people on a grand scale. Those of us who are already familiar with Ryan know that he is a confident yet affable young man with a strong command of policy especially where it concerns the budgetary implications of Obamacare. If Ryan hits the ball out of the park look for the buzz around drafting him as a presidential candidate in 2012 to go into interstellar overdrive.
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Floyd Looney| 1.21.11 @ 2:59PM
I agree. I like his spending cuts more than the one presented by the Republican Study Committee because they are up front and honest.
PattyMor| 1.21.11 @ 3:26PM
Paul Ryan has been out front on the need for deficit reduction, especially with entitlements. Sometime it has been a little loney because he only has a few Repubs. on board. But the Repubs. were elected to reform and slim down government and it looks like they are actually starting to do it.
Paul, is bright, articulate (kindda refreshing for a Repub.) and nice looking. He will do a great job. We can not go on for much longer with Trillion dollar deficits. Sorry folks, but the Demons made such a mess of things, so that things will have to be cut. Its just the law of economics.
seriocomic222| 1.21.11 @ 4:14PM
There is nobody on the other side who can stand on the same stage with Ryan on matters financial. Maybe a Daniels or Pawlenty on the good guys' side.
Thing is, I can't see Ryan at this point dropping everything on his plate to begin the run. And that is a shame. I haven't seen anybody lay a glove on Ryan yet--maybe they're saving it--but he looks to me at this point as a dream candidate: young, attractive, incredibly articulate, and a real conservative.
Karl Lucifer Marx| 1.21.11 @ 4:33PM
After the SOTU Obama should be told to STFU.
Chris| 1.21.11 @ 5:21PM
While I LOVE the fact that Ryan will be providing the rebuttal, it saddens me that his speech will be overshadowed by the fact that Michelle Bachman has decided to offer her own rebuttal, via the Tea Party Express, on the same night.
The problem here is that you KNOW the MSM will focus far more on her words and on pushing the "Republican Party is divided," narrative then on what Ryan says.
This is truly an example of the double edge sword that is the Tea Party and its supporters/representatives.
axbucxdu| 1.22.11 @ 10:11PM
Let the Tea Partiers rip. They've earned it. Besides, pressure needs to be maintained on the Repugs. Left on their own they'll drift either RINO, or worse, "compassionately conservative".