Ryan, Bachmann, and the Republican Split

The two alternate State-of-the-Union responses didn't differ much on policy. It was style--pure style--that set them apart, and from this we can probably learn something about where the tea party and the Republican Party stand. Congressman Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.), who offered the official GOP rebuttal a few minutes after Obama finished speaking, criticized the Democrats' new health care law, claimed that America's spending habits are pushing us toward emergency, and intimated that President Obama doesn't appreciate the problem as fully as he could.

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