Some Democrats will cave.
Because the Democrats will sue him if he's the nominee.
Because otherwise Democrats will continue to "capitalize" on conservatives saying, er, racist stuff all the time.
As HuffPost's Michael McAuliff reported, Ryan's budget will never become law because Senate Democrats will not take it up.
"And now, we have a much easier path, because the Democrats will come to us with a plan for infrastructure, a plan for health care, a plan for whatever they are looking at, and we'll negotiate," he said.
The moderator said, "The goal is not compromise, and ANY bill coming out this year would be a failure for us... because the Democrats will turn even a weak bill from the Senate Finance Committee into Canadian-style single-payer through underhanded implementation".
As more politicians like Specter switch parties, a likely development, voters in places like Pennsylvania will soon follow because the Democrats will increasingly become the only relevant political party in their state or area, making Democratic primaries the most important elections as already is the case in many big cities.
At a time when the markets are cheering the recent fiscal cliff compromise and the compromise avoidance of the debt ceiling, Mr. Ryan's churlish insistence that sequestration will not be fixed because the Democrats will not accede to his one-sided plan is a new low in economic brinksmanship in the face of real evidence of recovery.
In most states, including New York, independent voters will not be a factor because only registered Democrats will be allowed to vote in the Democratic primary.
Senate Republicans are in the minority, which is something of a luxury because Democrats will be called upon to produce most support for a debt deal.
