Here's how Romney/Ryan play out the next few weeks:
1) Pledge to save Medicare (Ryan will trot his senior mom along with him).
2) Turn Medicare fight on Obama by repeating the lie that Obama cut Medicare benefits.
3) Repeat steps 1 and 2 until people actually believe you and unwittingly vote to slash their own benefits and privatize Medicare.
Here's how I know. I found the Romney/Ryan playbook on Medicare:
http://youtu.be/...
Sure enough, from today's rally, proof that they can execute this strategy well:
http://www.nytimes.com/...
People will be less likely to fall for this if they know they're being manipulated, but we need to push back hard on the misinformation. Republicans know they don't have to win on Medicare, they just need to survive it to turn the focus to issues where they're stronger.
As we go forward, watch how the Republicans, not just at the Presidential race, but down the ticket, run this play over and over again.