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Representative Paul D. Ryan of Wisconsin on Friday is endorsing the presidential candidacy of Mitt Romney, becoming the latest Republican leader to urge the party to coalesce behind Mr. Romney and begin to confront President Obama.

Well, no one can doubt anymore that Republicans are petrified that the Medicare cuts in Rep. Paul Ryan’s budget might cost them the 26th congressional district in New York, long a safe Republican seat, in the May 24 special election. It’s a classic technique in politics that if your opponent has found an issue that’s working against you, you turn the tables and declare your opponent’s position to be as bad as yours, or worse.

House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) appeared on CNN’s State of the Union Sunday to discuss his federal budget proposal and whether he would run for Senate. “Both parties messed this up,” said Ryan when asked if the Bush administration bore some responsibility for the nation’s fiscal woes. Ryan also agreed that President Obama had offered some ideas regarding how to cut spending and deal with entitlements, but said that a formal plan, in writing, had yet to be released by either the president or Senate Democrats.

Republicans say the choice of House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan to deliver the party's response to the State of the Union address signals the GOP's commitment to deficit reduction. The Wisconsin lawmaker was a member of President Obama's bipartisan fiscal commission, but voted against its recommendations.WASHINGTON – Republicans have tapped Wisconsin Rep.