Rep. Van Hollen on Rep. Ryan: Most vulnerable in translating budget into the impact it has on real people

Rep. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) tells CNN’s Wolf Blitzer where Rep. Paul Ryan is most vulnerable in tonight’s debate. Van Hollen was the stand-in for Ryan during debate prep with Joe Biden. Highlight from the interview is after the jump and a full transcript is posted on http://archives.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/sitroom.html.

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Transcript Highlights
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I think he’s most vulnerable when it comes to translating his budget into the impact that it has on real people.  Because when you actually begin to crunch the numbers and do the math, you find out that his voucher plan for Medicare is going to really hurt seniors badly.  You know that the original plan would have cost seniors more than $6,000.  That was according to CBO.  And they passed that plan twice in the House without blinking.

You know that his tax plan would provide big tax breaks to very wealthy people at the expense of the middle class.  So, the question tonight, is whether Paul Ryan will really level with the American people about the impact his budget will have on middle class families, on seniors, or whether he’s going to do what Mitt Romney did the other night, which is just try and run away from the Ryan/Romney plan.