i think he will call himself that. he s not doctrinaire. that suggests that he s blinding ideological. he s just pretty good with math. well he doesn t jump off of cliffs, but he knows this country s going over a cliff. he s what he would call a conservative path toward governance. maybe i overstated with doctrinaire. regardless, after tonight when michelle bachmann is his other contrast, he will come off as looking as a sane, more centrist politician. i don t think that s the worst deal in the world for him in that format. i think it s bad for the republican party, and it s great for the obama white house. that i d like to see if if in fact paul ryan goes so far in tonight s rebuttal to the president to actually talk about what he believes in and many members of the republican leadership don t agree with him on which is cuts to social security and cuts to medicare and medicaid. what he will say tonight. there s a separation, and pat, paul ryan is one of the onl