re: #55 jvic

Secular conservative here.

Bush and Obama have kicked budgetary issues down a road that leads to a cliff. Ryan has seemed willing to confront that fact.

I hadn’t realized that his “straight-talking fearlessness” might distract from a social agenda that is unacceptable to the bulk of the country.

This post betrays your biases. If a “straight talking fearlessness” is what you are looking for, then why are social issues off the table? Because Ryan’s economic plans are, frankly, unacceptable to the bulk of the country.