Paul Ryan On Leading With Policies and Ideas, Not Empty Promises and Divisive Politics

Congressman Paul Ryan's 11/3/11 appearance on MSNBC's Morning Joe: "We don't agree with the direction the President has taken the country, and if we don't agree with his policies it's not just enough to criticize, we need to offer principled alternatives and show the country how we would do things differently. And that's precisely what we've done with our budget, with our tax proposals, with our energy proposals, with the 15 bills that we've passed [in] the House to send over to the Senate to create jobs and economic growth. So, we're not just criticizing, we're proposing alternatives. And to me, I think that's the obligation you have up here as leaders and that's precisely what we're doing."