After slamming President Obama for “punting” on entitlement reform, Rep. Paul Ryan (R., Wis.) was asked at least five times whether House Republicans would address the issue in their own budget due out this spring.

But the “Roadmap” author would not commit to doing so, each time offering some variation of: “I can’t tell you what’s going to be in out budget, you’ll find out when we write it… next question.”

.. I think [the Roadmap] can work and would work … far better than where we are today .. acheive greater disc spend reduction that even h clals … I intend to give peronsal attention to how we work put entitlements on a sound footing … “carfe