Ron Richard v. Ron Richard

Speaker Ron Richard says he needs "line-by-line details" before he can evaluate Governor Nixon's outline for streamlining state government and reducing state spending. "Until we see the governor’s line-by-line details of ways to shrink state government and bridge the $500 million gap in (his) budget, we aren’t confident that he has a plan," his spokesperson said yesterday.

This is the same Ron Richard who one week ago told reporters he had a "plan" to reform state government "top-to-bottom," but couldn't share it with the world just yet.

Tweets from The News-Leader's Chad Livengood on March 4:

• House Republicans have a "plan" to reform gov't top-to-bottom but won't disclose it until Gov. Nixon stands with them to announce it.
• @RonRichard1 refused to disclose even one detail of the GOP spending cuts plan, despite several attempts by reporters to pry out info.
• I'm still investigating this statement from House Speaker @RonRichard1: "We have a plan. We're going to meet the governor half way."

By Richard's own logic, should we be "confident that he has a plan" until he releases "line-by-line details"?  Tellingly, House Budget Chair Allen Icet says he isn't sure House Republican have anything close to the "plan" Richard promised.  The Star: 

When lawmakers return from their break, the House Budget Committee is expected to spend next week debating and amending the spending plan before advancing it to the floor. Passage to the Senate is expected before the end of the month, committee chairman Rep. Allen Icet said.

With that schedule, Icet said he wasn’t sure House lawmakers would have time to extract $500 million from the budget. Reductions of $10 million to $50 million are more likely, he said, with the rest of the decisions falling to the Senate.

So much for Richard's "plan."

Are the statements from Missouri's Most Powerful Man even supposed to make sense from one day to the next?