"I had a feeling there would be mixed reactions," Ryan told the crowd.
"I don't consider this approach bold or particularly courageous. I just think it's a bad idea," Obama told the AARP group less than an hour before Ryan spoke.
"Given the conversations that have been out there in the political arena lately, I want to emphasize Medicare and Social Security are not handouts," Obama said. "You've paid into these programs your whole life, you've earned them."
....some Republican commentators to call for an overhaul of the Romney campaign.
Romney's wife, Ann, said they were not helping the cause.
"Stop it. This is hard. You want to try it? Get in the ring," she said on an Iowa radio station late Thursday.
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