RNC 2012: Paul Ryan Prepares To Address National Audience
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Paul Ryan will try to tout Mitt Romney's credentials to working-class voters in his RNC speech. (Wikimedia Commons)
The vice-presidential candidate is expected to deliver a message that seeks to portray Romney, a multimillionaire former businessman, as someone who will work to improve the situation of working-class Americans suffering under the policies of President Barack Obama, CNN reported.
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A Republican source familiar with Ryan's speech told CNN it will "deconstruct" the Obama agenda, with particular focus on the fiscal issues that are the congressman's strength, such as the national debt, stimulus spending and his proposed Medicare reforms, which have come under attack by Obama and Democrats.
Ryan will also emphasize the need to significantly shrink the size of the federal government and overhaul the social safety net, the Wall Street Journal reported. But Democrats feel they can find political fodder in Ryan's plan to reduce domestic spending programs.
More from the Wall Street Journal:
His plan would give people under the age of 55 the option of receiving federal subsidies to purchase health insurance in the private marketplace when they become seniors rather than rely on the Medicare program. It would also give block grants to states to provide health-care coverage for poor people, shaking up the federal Medicaid program.
The Obama campaign has already laid out plans to shape the Wisconsin lawmaker's image, releasing an online campaign video Wednesday calling out Ryan's "out-of-step views from a bygone era," according to the Washington Post. The ad alleges that Ryan's budget proposals would have an adverse effect on the middle class, slash aid for college students and cut taxes for millionaires.
Other speakers scheduled for Wednesday include former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky and Sen. John McCain of Arizona.
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