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Romney Economics bus tour: Florida photos
Paul Ryan’s plan for Medicare: “unbearable” and “very costly”
Conspicuously absent from Florida? Romney's new running mate, Paul Ryan. As Democratic Party chair and Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz put it at a stop in Miami Gardens, Florida, ''I’m not very surprised Paul Ryan decided to skip the bus tour today with Mitt Romney. If I were the architect of a plan to end Medicare as we know it, I wouldn't show my face in Florida either.'' Conspicuously absent from Florida? Romney's new running mate, Paul Ryan. As Democratic Party chair and Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz put it at a stop in Miami Gardens, Florida, ''I’m not very surprised Paul Ryan decided to skip the bus tour today with Mitt Romney. If I were the architect of a plan to end Medicare as we know it, I wouldn't show my face in Florida either.''
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Mitt Romney has chosen Paul Ryan as his running mate—to the alarm of Florida's seniors. Mitt Romney has chosen Paul Ryan as his running mate—to the alarm of Florida's seniors.
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This morning in Norfolk, Virginia, Mitt Romney introduced his running mate: Paul Ryan, the architect of the most extreme budget proposal in modern American history. Across the border in North Carolina, Minneapolis Mayor R. T. Rybak was introducing the newly formed Republican ticket as well. At stops in Raleigh and Greensboro, Rybak delivered this message: By choosing Ryan, Romney has doubled down on the failed economic policies of George W. Bush. This morning in Norfolk, Virginia, Mitt Romney introduced his running mate: Paul Ryan, the architect of the most extreme budget proposal in modern American history. Across the border in North Carolina, Minneapolis Mayor R. T. Rybak was introducing the newly formed Republican ticket as well. At stops in Raleigh and Greensboro, Rybak delivered this message: By choosing Ryan, Romney has doubled down on the failed economic policies of George W. Bush.
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