Clash over Ryan budget plan goes local
Photo credit: AP Photo Robert Ray | Republican Vice Presidential candidate, Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., makes an appearance at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Monday, Aug. 13, 2012. (AP Photo/Robert Ray)
The moment presidential challenger Mitt Romney announced Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) as his running mate, the GOP national ticket became bonded to a detailed plan to close the federal deficit -- one blasted by Democrats as excessively painful for all but the rich.
Now, a localized version of the clash over Ryan's proposals as House budget committee chairman resounds in Suffolk, where the 1st Congressional...