A Ryan colleague reacts

"Bright and articulate, Paul Ryan represents a younger version of Rick Perry policies without the rough edges and 'oops' moments.  I like him; I just don’t like his policies, which are not a return to our founding principles but only a reversal to the failed Bush-Cheney approach.  I disagree that the only way to bring more balance to the federal budget is to make it more difficult for seniors to balance their personal budgets—that we cannot afford to commit more for educational opportunity but can afford to provide more tax cuts to the privileged few and the corporate tax dodgers." ...Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) , by email.