Very Serious people discussing how just much "bold" really hurts
The Village, of course, is the inside the beltway folks who don't have a clue as to what the rest of the country thinks. In the Village, Dems are always in disarray, all Republican Presidential candidates are Very Serious people (even those not running) and always popular (even when unpopular at home), deficits matter more than jobs, Gangs of 4, 5 or 6 rule, and what the tea party thinks matters more than what the majority thinks, on any issue, every time.
The Village sometimes has trouble with grasping what the public really thinks. For example, "bold" rather than the correct terms - faltering, unpopular, problematic - is always attached to the Ryan Medicare plan (aka Ryan's Curse, for what it is doing to public opinion of Republicans.)
They must be using the Village Dictionary:
Bold intr.v. :
1. To be unsteady in purpose or action, as from loss of
courage or confidence; waver.
2. to speak hesitatingly or brokenly.
3. to move unsteadily; stumble
Of course, everyone not in the Village would recognize the above as the definition of faltering. But ever since Bush's 2000 election, it has been media's assumption to act like Republicans have won even when they haven't, and to assume Democrats have lost even before the final count is in. That's why when you see a headline like
Poll: Faltering GOP Medicare proposal fueling support for Dems' health law
it's news.