Wisconsin Rep. Sean Duffy called Ryan’s plan a “bold proposal” yet stopped short of endorsing it. New York Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle, elected last November to an upstate swing district, praised Ryan’s blueprint as “serious” but added that she’ll be “reviewing the proposal in more detail.”…

“They’re hanging the 20 vulnerable members out to dry for the sake of placating the 220 safe members who want to save the world and don’t have any other concerns beyond that,” said an adviser to one first-term House member. “You have a couple dozen members who are going to pay a pretty serious price for this vote if they end up in a tough race.”

Envisioning Democratic ads savaging the GOP over Ryan’s plan, the Republican said: “It’s not just cuts to Medicare. It’s ‘Republicans are ending Medicare as we know it.’ That’s not demagoguery. That is the case. This budget ends Medicare as we know it.”