intelligentsia crowd nuts. while the responses quite not quite as vitriol lick, speaker of the house said, quote, instead of reaching across the aisle to enact the changes, the president has resorted to distortions and partisan pot-shots. bottom line, the republican reaction seemed to be shock that a democratic started to campaign against the republicans. does the republican base protest too much? coupled with ryan's near constant presence on the trail with romney over the last few days has made it clear ryan is for better or worst, the top seed in the veepstakes preview. ryan previewed a speech we might hear once or twice again in the months to come. >> we found out today he is going to try to divide us in order to distract us.