Republican Troops Keeping Ryan’s Budget Plan At Arm’s Length

Ryan Budget Divides Candidates, Party
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Republican vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., speaks during a campaign event at SMT, Inc. in Raleigh, N.C., Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)

TAMPA, Fla. -- Even as Mitt Romney and Representative Paul D. Ryan exhort Republicans to embrace their proposed Medicare changes and spending cuts, the party's rank and file is growing less enthusiastic about the fight than the top of the ticket.

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