Tim Ryan actually said...

As some criticize the President's effort, just recognize that other sincere efforts that were made actually brought the deficit into primary...

I think we all need to work together, especially to take actions, now, to deal with what are going to be projected deficits in the next 20 y...

In order to avoid shocking the fragile economy, the commission recommends waiting until 2012 to begin enacting programmatic spending cuts.

I think this is the best budget you could put together given the circumstances.