“The Republican Party, critics like to quip, has become the ‘party of no.’ That tag no longer works. The GOP has now become, thanks to a sweeping new legislative proposal from the ranking Republican on the House Budget Committee, the ‘party of whoa’ (as in, ‘Whoa, they can’t be serious’). Rep. Paul Ryan could hardly be more serious. … In a nutshell: With one in ten Americans jobless and one in eight home mortgages delinquent, Rep. Ryan wants to raise taxes on the middle class and slash them on the rich, shove Social Security retirement savings onto Wall Street, and hand insurance companies even more control over the nation’s healthcare.” (03/14/10)