Evaluating Paul Ryan

David Stockman, Ronald Reagan’s budget director, concluded the following in his analysis of the Paul Ryan budget proposal.

“In short, Mr. Ryan’s plan is devoid of credible math or hard policy choices. And it couldn’t pass even if Republicans were to take the presidency and both houses of Congress. Mr. Romney and Mr. Ryan have no plan to take on Wall Street, the Fed, the military-industrial complex, social insurance or the nation’s fiscal calamity and no plan to revive capitalist prosperity — just empty sermons.”

This assessment from the right is worth reading.  From the left there is a growing concern about Paul Ryan’s close relationship with the extreme-right billionaire Koch Brothers who have committed to spending $200 billion dollars on this campaign.  And there appears to be concern among Christians about the fact that Ryan lists atheist Ayn Rand as one of his intellectual mentors.