The piece was first published by PolicyMic
In an interview on 60 Minutes with Scott Pelley, Mitt Romney criticized President Barack Obama for slashing $716 billion from the Medicare program. When he was asked by Pelley that Paul Ryan, his chosen running mate, also cut $716 billion from Medicare, Romney declared “I’m the guy running for president, not him.”
It is, therefore, clear that Romney does not want to be defined by the proposal put forward by Ryan. Because the Ryan budget, especially his plan to turn Medicare into a voucher is so unpopular, Romney has decided not only to distance himself from those proposals but also to muzzle him.
Ryan has been prevented from pushing his ideas on the campaign trail because Romney has been reluctant to fully adopt the plan. Ryan, therefore, has been relegated to the background, thereby the intense interest that the media had in him in the beginning has faded. But even with his increasing disappearance, he has emerged as a political albatross for the Romney campaign, particularly among seniors.
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