[avital2]

i heard what i needed: cut 5% across the board, excluding defense/entitlements (which would be covered elsewhere)

[americanophile]

It's certainly better than all the soundbite alternatives. I can understand him not being too specific and making his plan, rather than Obama’s record, this battleground. The kind of real reform we'll need won't be popular, so from that perspective he's smart to keep a lid on it, but to have the economically conservative WSJ poo poo your strong suit is not good.

[org.whodat]

You do know that 5% is less than the current annual base line increase????