Speaking at an event in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, former Vice Presidential candidate Paul Ryan began to distance himself from Mitt Romney.
The Daily Mail reports on Ryan’s comments at the Jack Kemp Foundation Leadership Awards Dinner on Tuesday. Ryan was joined by other Republican forerunner Marco Rubio; the two top the list for nominees in 2016.
Together, they presented ideas that - without mentioning Romney by name - indicated that they felt it’s time for the Republican party to move in a new direction, especially after November’s loss.
“We must speak to the aspirations and anxieties of every American,” said Ryan, in a slight jab to Romney’s ‘47%’ faux pas.
“I believe we can turn the engines of upward mobility back on, so that no one is left out from the promise of America. But it’s going to require a bold departure from the approach that government has taken for the last five decades.”
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Presumably, part of that approach that Ryan feels the Republican party needs to depart from is the way Romney handled the election this year.
Marco Rubio echoed Ryan’s call for change. Rubio insisted that most Americans aren’t looking for a handout, perhaps in contradiction to Romney’s views.
“Some say that our problem is that the American people have changed,” Rubio said. “That too many people want things from government. But I am still convinced that the overwhelming majority of our people just want what my parents had — a chance.”
“All they want is a job that provides for their families,” said Rubio. “It all starts with our people — in the kitchens of our hotels, in the landscaping crews that work in our neighborhoods, in the late night janitorial shifts that clean our offices. That's where you will find the dreams America was built on, that's where you will find the promise of tomorrow.”
Speaking to November’s loss, Paul Ryan said, “Losing is part of politics, and can often prepare the way for the greatest victories.”
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.anndrewbright | Dec 09, 2012, 02:23 AM EST
I don't feel bad for Paul Ryan. He is very conservative and a "big boy big boy. He could have spoken up at any point in the race and expressed his feelings. Now he is bad-mouthing Romney!!!! He was the worst part of the ticket. I hope Rubio becomes a democrat before the 2016 election or he will never have his dreams fulfilled. The story about Ann Romney didn't make me feel sorry for her. Life is tough and she needs to get over herself. There are millions of womwn who wish they had what she takes for granted. Sure it hurts when your husband doesn't get to buy an election but she still has 5 or 6 sons who can still run for office...maybe they can buy an election!!!
eiriamach | Dec 08, 2012, 02:05 PM EST
Who is Marco Rubio? He talks about "our hotels," "our neighborhoods" (the kind of neighborhoods that bring in "landscaping crews"), and "our offices." But as for the majority of Americans, he says, "All they want is a job that provides for their families.” And he'd like them to have a job, "in the kitchens of *our* hotels, in the landscaping crews that work in *our* neighborhoods, in the late night janitorial shifts that clean *our* offices." I can't help wondering, is Marco Rubio just another Mitt Romney with an ethnic-sounding, electable name?
Pittsburghkid | Dec 08, 2012, 11:23 AM EST
Ryan: America's hope.
Proud Canadian2 | Dec 08, 2012, 01:09 AM EST
How soon the Republican moron's throw their people under the bus. It wasn't just Mitt the twit that lost the election the whole right wing stupitdity is to blame.
angrypaddy | Dec 08, 2012, 12:57 AM EST
Chooseing Ryan for VP was one way of killing two birds with one stone I see Ir.Ce. is done with the irish connection with Ryan what a bunch of you know what's
seanomelb | Dec 07, 2012, 10:18 PM EST
At least you put her in her place Cyn. Seanmor that self glorification soap box is looking rickety,here have a few more tissues lad.
Cyn | Dec 07, 2012, 10:12 PM EST
Had Ryan done that before the election, Romney may have had a better shot. The morning after Ryan was announced as the Romney VP pick, a rabid tea party client asked me what I thought of the pick. I told her I don't discuss politics at work. She said, oh come on, it's alright. Ok. I told her, "I think the choice is brilliant!" Her eyes light up. I continue, "It means the radical right that has taken over the Republican party will lose. None of us reasonable people would accept that reduction of rights they want. They get their information from Fox News and just drink the koolaid straight not bothering to research any further. Ryan alienates women including most republican women, all people who are not white, anyone not homophobe, all of the legal aliens that are related to an illegal." About this time I notice a vein beating in her forehead. And I'm still amazed she didn't fire me.
Seanmor | Dec 07, 2012, 07:38 PM EST
Ryan said, "We must speak...to every merican". By "every American" does he include the 12 million ILLEGAL aliens who unlawfully entered the U.S., continue to live here in violation of our immigration laws and show no intention of assimilating? Do Ryan and Rubio take for granted those of us who came here with permanent visas, honorably served in in the U.S. military and continue to to loyal, law-abiding, tax-paying citizens? The Ryan-Rubio pair may NOT know that some of us veterans actually save Medicare substantial amounts by paying $50 for each visit to a V.A. hospital, while ILLEGAL aliens receive free health in emergency rooms.
seanomelb | Dec 07, 2012, 06:44 PM EST
I agree anglo it's very sad glad you agree.
anglo-norman | Dec 07, 2012, 06:35 PM EST
seanomelb-SAD
seanomelb | Dec 07, 2012, 04:36 PM EST
All this weeping and gnashing of teeth over a bunch of losers. The GOP is still singing from the same old hymn book,they do not wish to change only muddy the waters the bufoons.
bunkerisland | Dec 07, 2012, 03:05 PM EST
Hey! Neither of us had the right message? No problem! Let us try another. Where is the electorate? Oh! There they are! Now...the new message...blah, blah, blah and sincerely stated of course. Hell I want to be re-elected,
pilib04 | Dec 07, 2012, 01:40 PM EST
2016? Rubio, Ryan, Jindal, Christie (if he's alive), Santorum etal. What a great list off possible candidates. I am sure there are others hiding in the woodpile. Hillary will destroy them all! But I digress. Let us savor the FOUR MORE YEARS that don't even begin until January 20.
mikeyjoe | Dec 07, 2012, 12:45 PM EST
It is too bad that Ryan is not Vice President. He would be much a more competent and successful VP than that clown, Biden.
FastEddy | Dec 07, 2012, 11:42 AM EST
Not!
Mousey123 | Dec 07, 2012, 09:39 AM EST
Paul Ryan is a right-wing idealogue and noted hypocrite whose social and economic ideas (including those of his looney-tune ideal, Ayn Rand) are dead in the water. Jack Kemp, on the other hand, was a happy-tooth, hail-fellow- well-met football player in the Reagan mold, and like Reagan, not given to complex thought. I ought to know. He was my congressman. "Losing...can often prepare the way for the greatest victories." Ahh, rhetoric! Don't hold your breath, pal. You're toast.