So Congressman Paul Ryan has released a Republican budget proposal. The consensus among analysts who aren't pandering to the Fox crowd seems to be that it will make things worse, that there are an awful lot of unspecified cuts in it (the Agriculture Committee will figure out what they are in the area of agriculture, Barack Obama will figure out where to cut in Social Security, etc.) and that the thing doesn't stand a chance of passing…and maybe not even of getting much support from any Republican seeking election in 2012 in a state that isn't very, very red. But mainly, it's like ostracized G.O.P. consultant David Frum says…
From a Democratic point of view, the Ryan plan looks like a Republican demand for all the marbles: Spending cuts for Democratic constituencies to fund tax cuts for Republican constituencies.
In fact, read all of what Frum has to say. And if you want to know more about what's wrong with the plan (or just plain vague in the plan), read Howard Gleckman.