I don’t want to read too much into this, but when Paul Ryan goes behind closed doors on the Hill to tell his fellow House Republicans that this is a choice election — between two very different visions for the future of the country, rather than a referendum on President Obama — I think the battlefield has tilted sharply in favor of the Democrats.

David Kurtz

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