Julian Zelizer : Paul Ryan has ` ` insulted '' Obama by comparing his presidency to Carter 's . He has better question : Is GOP in anything like the position it had in 1980 with Carter ? He says despite Gov . In the modern political era , comparing any Democratic ( or Republican ) president to Jimmy Carter is just about as nasty as a politician can get . Chris Christie and others , GOP lacks ` ` farm money '' to take over D.C. Zelizer : With debt , taxes , bad economic policies , GOP has its own problems with record .
Julian Zelizer : Paul Ryan has ` ` insulted '' Obama by comparing his presidency to Carter 's . He has better question : Is GOP in anything like the position it had in 1980 with Carter ? He says despite Gov . Chris Christie and others , GOP lacks ` ` farm money '' to take over D.C. Zelizer : With debt , taxes , bad economic policies , GOP has its own problems with record .