Paul Ryan's strategy for budgetary reform and economic recovery is sound, but it is a hard sell for one, overarching reason. It is complex.

To understand it takes time, and nobody--including Ryan's critics--wants to take time to understand the grand plan. President Obama clearly thinks he can just rail against it and prevail. Therefore, if Congressman Ryan wants to win the budget battle he needs some quality time with the voters. He won't get it through the mainstream media.

His big hope is C-SPAN. With "Special Orders" he can secure, say, two hours in committee or on the House floor to detail America's daunting economic problem and the solutions he has devised. He could bring in other Republicans to ask him questions, or he could "yield" time to Democrats to debate him. If he could get Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, the ranking Democrat on the Budget Committee, to debate him, so much the better.

At the very least, Ryan could use a lengthy presentation to educate and arm at least a quarter of a million or more interested voters. They would operate as inoculations against attempts later on to distort his proposals. Few Americans have ever had a class in practical government economics. Many would be fascinated.

It's not the only way to win public support on the budget, but it is part of a way to win.