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But the thing is, he would need a Mexican, not a Cuban, to really solidify any sort of real advantage with the Hispanics.

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It would give Rommey Florida, I don't think he is worried about Texas or Cali.

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see where several Catholic leaders have rejected the Ryan plan as counter to the church's teachings.

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several Catholic leaders have rejected the Ryan plan as counter to the church's teachings.

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WASHINGTON -- Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) defended his budget on Thursday from criticisms that it is inconsistent with Catholic social principles. Speaking at Georgetown University, he rejected claims by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and some Georgetown faculty that his budget misinterpreted the religion's teachings.

"I suppose that there are some Catholics who for a long time thought they had a monopoly of sorts ... on the social teaching of our church," Ryan said during a speech that attracted a full audience and a number of of protesters. "Of course there can be differences among faithful Catholics on this. The work I do as a Catholic holding office conforms to the social doctrine as best I can make of it."

Ryan's proposed budget is a controversial, sweeping plan that would largely privatize Medicare and make deep cuts to programs including Medicaid and food stamps. The bill has been opposed by Democrats, including President Barack Obama, who called it "nothing but thinly-veiled Social Darwinism."

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has also opposed the budget, writing in a letter that it failed to meet moral obligations to poor people.

Ryan contended that a government-centered approach was failing the poor and that his plan would create the necessary economic growth to lift people out of poverty as well as manage the debt. "The Holy Father himself, Pope Benedict, has charged governments, communities and individuals running up high debt levels are 'living at the expense of future generations, and living in untruth.'"

"Our budget offers a better path consistent with the timeless principles of our nation's founding and, frankly, consistent with how I understand my Catholic faith," Ryan said. "We put faith in people, not in government."

Father Thomas J. Reese, a senior fellow at the Woodstock Theological Center at Georgetown University who helped to organize a letter from Georgetown faculty that challenged Ryan's understanding of Catholic doctrine, said the lecture left him unconvinced.

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Arizona? New Mexico?

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