Ryan has a highly elevated notion of his own abilities, as to most reTHUGlicans.

ReTHUGlicans are the ones who've stalled the process of reform, who played games with the debt ceiling, who've blocked the Obama Administration's efforts at creating jobs, and who will torpedo this economy to gethim out of office.

The first and most important part of "getting our house in order" is to continue the recovery, which we can only do through targeted spending on job creation.

Idiotic spending cuts and 'austerity' aren't working in Europe, and won't work here. ReTHUGlicans target the budget deficit because a) they're stupid, and b) they're trying to use it to defeat Obama.