House Budget Committee Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., in an exclusive interview with the Washington Examiner, warned his fellow Republicans not to count on a wave this November as an excuse to avoid outlining an agenda.

“This idea of running as a referendum, assuming a wave, assuming you’ve got the wind at your back, assuming with an unpopular president we therefore by default will win, I don’t buy that,” the 2012 GOP vice presidential candidate said in the latest edition of the Examiner’s “Dialogue” video series. “I think you’ve gotta give people a reason to vote for you.”