Romney: Cutting Welfare Spending Won't Hurt Poor

Of course Romney is going all the way to the right, what else is he supposed to do. He his received the endorsement of one of the 'tea party' favorites in Gov. Haley. So now he has to say things that are so completely outrageous. Unfortunately, for his supporters, he will probably change his mind in a couple of months.

While appearing on "Fox News Sunday," Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney praised Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-Wis.) plan to replace Medicare with a voucher system in a shot at fellow presidential candidate Newt Gingrich.

During the Sunday show, Romney criticized Gingrich, the former House Speaker, for making a statement in May that "cut the legs out" from under the plan, part of a 2012 budget Ryan proposed back in April.

"Are we going to deal with entitlement reform or not?" Romney asked. "Republicans came together, Paul Ryan was the author of the plan. But almost every single Republican voted for it, and the Speaker said this is 'right-wing social engineering.'"

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