(more) Paul Ryan--Ohio's own

(from David Frum)

Watching Fehrnstrom/Cutter on CBS. They're debating Medicare. Not jobs. This is why Ryan pick is trouble 

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 several good pieces on the GOP VP candidate; the Chait and Lizza pieces, esp, are recognized as key reads--

Chait piece: http://nymag.com/news/features/paul-ryan-2012-5/

Lizza piece: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/08/06/120806fa_fact_lizza?currentPage=all

Joan Walsh: http://www.salon.com/2012/08/12/paul_ryan_randian_poseur/

Greenwald: http://www.salon.com/2012/08/12/the_rights_brittle_heroes/

Ezra Klein: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/08/12/what-paul-ryans-budget-actually-cuts-and-by-how-much/ 

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from Peter Orszag (someone who knows)--why private market can't cut costs in Medicare:  http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-08-20/private-market-tooth-fairy-can-t-cut-medicare-cost.html