Matthew Yglesias reports that Bachmann's "positioning herself as the rightmost candidate in the field" is a part of her campaign to "practice incredibly savage generational warfare"...directed at Medicare, Social Security and axing whole departs including the Department of Education.

Meet the Press with Newt Gringrich transcript for May 15, 2011.

At a tele-town hall meeting this morning in Wheaton, President Barack Obama announced a new federal effort to crack down on Medicare fraud.

I think every program needs to stand the sunshine of righteous scrutiny. Whether its Social Security, whether its Medicaid, whether its Medicare. Youve got $115 trillion worth of unfunded liability in those three. Theyre bankrupt. Theyre a Ponzi scheme.

Newt Gingrich publicly opposes Paul Ryan's budget proposal and take on reforming Medicare. He then flip flops on the issue when a majority of Republicans lash out at him.