[kristinn]

"In our economic stagnation and indebtedness, we are only a short distance behind Greece, Spain, and other European countries now facing economic catastrophe. But ours is a fortunate land. Because the world uses our dollar for trade, we have a short grace period to deal with our dangers. But time is running out, if we are to avoid the fate of Europe, and those once-great nations of history that fell from the position of world leadership.

"So 2012 is a year of true opportunity, maybe our last, to restore an America of hope and upward mobility, and greater equality. The challenges aren't matters of ideology, or party preference; the problems are simply mathematical, and the answers are purely practical."

This is the first time, I think, that a leading Republican has spoken bluntly (however briefly) about the catastrophe facing our nation in the near future.

[jwalsh07]

You would be surprised at how many here simply do not understand the power that was in Daniels words. Kind of disheartening actually.

[jpsb]

I have been screaming and yelling about our debt for a long time, no one seems to care, well maybe now people will wake up to the fact that the greatest threat to this nation is it’s debt. Even DoD released a report saying debt was our greatest enemy. Right now OPEC is still accepting dollars for oil, if OPEC stops accepting dollars for oil and they might, we will pay 25 or 30 dollars for a gallon of gas.