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Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Santorum Endorses Ryan Medicare Plan in NH Debate

Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R.-Pa.) drew a sharp distinction between himself and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (Ga.) in the Republican presidential debate in New Hampshire Monday night when he firmly endorsed House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan’s (R.-Wis.) Medicare reform plan immediately after Gingrich reiterated his reservations about the plan.

After Gingrich said Republicans should “slow down” on Medicare reform and that there were “certain things” he would do differently than Ryan in reforming Medicare, debate moderator John King of CNN asked Santorum if Republicans should slow down.

Santorum said, “No.”

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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Santorum is an ass and only represents himself,not the people.Hence former senator.

Anonymous said...

Like many of his conservative comrades, I bet Santorum hasn't even studied Ryan's plan in detail. Both sides either rejected or supported Ryan's plan out the gate without any objective analysis of the policy. This was a serious disservice to Ryan and especially the American people.