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Obama v. Ryan 2012

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U.S. President Barack Obama speaks at the Associated Press luncheon during the American Society of News Editors (ASNE) Convention at the Washington Marriott Wardman Park Hotel April 3, 2012in Washington, D.C. (Pool / Getty Images)

I think the consequential news out of yesterday is not that Romney put away the nomination race. That was settled a long time ago. The consequential news is that Democrats want to run this election, not on Obama's record, but on Paul Ryan's plan—and that the Republicans have decided to make it as easy as possible for the Democrats to do it.

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David Frum

David Frum is a contributing editor at Newsweek and The Daily Beast and a CNN contributor. He is the author of eight books, including most recently the e-book WHY ROMNEY LOST and his first novel Patriots, published in April 2012.

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