chrystia freeland and david stockman.irst, george, you heard what i asked congressman ryan, republicans seem to be running now from the plan. is this an election loser for them? will they stick with him? >> they've clearly made a wager that this time the american people mean what they say about cutting government. his plan now for the budget, is not the same as but in the same general direction of the road map he proposed for entitlement reform and all of the rest a few years ago. pointing out the grand total of 14 cosponsors, people not able to embrace it. he made them embrace it by making them run. republicans are somewhat emboldened by the example of marco rubio running for the senate in florida in 2010 when an estate, planted thick with seniors, known as god's antichamber in the great state of florida, he said we must raise the retirement age, and in some sense means to have social security. he said that volatile thing in that state and won on a landslide. >> he's starting to listen to this incredible budget debate wh