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Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Cantor Urges GOP Presidential Hopefuls to Support Ryan’s Budget

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-7th, made clear Monday that he wants the GOP's presidential candidates to embrace the House Republicans' budget plan put forth by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., and he indicated support for a Ryan candidacy.

The Republican presidential field is slowly forming, most recently with announcements that former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty is in but Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels is out.

Ryan, chairman of the House Budget Committee, has said he is not running for president.

Cantor told reporters Monday that the field still has time and that the campaigns will begin to focus as the primary season nears.

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2 comments:

dan said...

Good luck with that. Last I heard, the GOP hopefuls want to win.

Anonymous said...

I applaud Ryan for actually putting out a plan. But again I'm appalled at our so-called leaders who either immediately jumped on board (conservatives) or shunned it (liberals) before even analyzing the thing!