The Illusion of Paul Ryan's Bipartisanship

摘要

From the moment Mitt Romney announced Paul Ryan as his running mate, the campaign has held up the Wisconsin congressman as a leader who excels at bipartisanship. Romney and his surrogates have repeatedly said Ryan "reached across the aisle" to fashion his Medicare reform plan devised with liberal Oregon Senator Ron Wyden, "a well-established Democrat," in the words of Representative Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah).