President Paul Ryan? Yeah I called it First

Holy crap, I think the GOP may have found their man to run against Obama in 2012. This guy has some radical plans to fix spending but he sounds like the kind of guy that could beat Obama handily.

What is the Ryan plan , and why is the Obama administration seemingly obsessed with it? Ryan calls his proposal, published in January, the Roadmap for America's Future. It's a remarkably comprehensive, daring manifesto that tackles every part of the budget on a presidential scale, from Social Security to tax policy to health-care reform.

The goal is to eliminate the deficit, and eventually all federal debt, without any crippling tax increases. Under Ryan's plan, for example, federal spending would reach just 24% of GDP in 2035 and then fall, vs. the CBO's projection of 34% and rising from there. Ryan would make the deficit disappear by mid-century.

A plan to reduce federal spending to 25% of GDP sounds like madness but if we can get rid of the deficit by the time I retire then I am all for it. I was figuring that we would have a permanent deficit like Japan. I love his health care reform plan myself.

His prescription for health care is radical: Ryan would eliminate the exclusion allowing companies to lavish on employees tax-free benefits and give the tax breaks to the workers themselves through a rebate of $5,700 a family, or a check for that amount if they don't pay taxes.

If they gave me $5700 check to buy my health insurance I would rejoice. First of all I would study every plan in existence and try to get the exact plan that fits my needs and then bank the rest of the money. The opportunity to put thousands of dollars in my pocket just for doing some homework on what Health Plan fits me best is well worth it.

"The problem with both Medicare and private plans is the third-party-payer system," says Ryan. "Consumers, spending their own money, will drive down prices." Ryan proposes a classic flat-tax solution: Americans could choose between using today's byzantine rules and a simplified, post-card model with two rates, 10% and 25%. Believe it or not, the simplified system would disallow mortgage and other deductions.

He also backs the Reagan-era simplified tax rates as well? If I can fill out a postcard and mail a check when it comes to doing my taxes I would elect this guy in a heartbeat. He also sounds like some kind of throwback to when Congressmen actually worked hard to perfect their craft.

In Washington he pursues an almost ascetic work ethic. He studies budgets and spreadsheets until 11:30 p.m., then crashes on his cot or on a mattress at his sister-in-law's home in Bethesda. He seldom travels to campaign for politicians in other states or to burnish his national image. Instead he grabs the first flight to Wisconsin after the last vote on Thursday or Friday to join his wife and three young children at home.

Now that is the kind of person I want running this country. He loves his family and he works his ass off. That work ethic sounds almost Lincoln-like in many ways. His first campaign slogan can be "Lincoln was the first Republican President and Paul Ryan will be your next one." Hmm maybe a Ryan/Petraeus ticket would be in the offing. "Lincoln and the General: For America's future!"

Plus he is a economics(!) and poli-sci major that went to Miami of Ohio and not some Ivy-league frat boy like Bush or Gore. He is well clear of that East Coast elite milieu that has done so much damage to our economy in recent years. This part sounds nuts as well:

Back in Washington on Monday mornings, and during the week, he leads about a dozen congressmen, including former football player Heath Shuler (D-N.C.), through a workout called P90X, a punishing bipartisan series of pushups, pull-ups, karate, and yoga.

This will give him a prime advantage if he has to get into a best 2 out of 3 falls cage-match with Putin. I like the idea that our President could literally beat the crap out of Ahmadinijoke or Kim Jong Il.