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Paul Ryan to Obama: Stop punting on entitlements, start acting like a leader. Paul Ryan is taking the gloves off when it comes to Barack Obama and his tendency to, at best, only offer lip service and empty promises about cutting spending and coming up with a responsible budget. The economic wonk and chairman of the House Budget Committee was frustrated about the president’s failure and cowardice regarding taking on excessive spending directly as it relates to the 2012 budget plan that Obama is set to reveal later today. Ryan’s biggest complaint against Obama is that the president likes to...

Many Americans who elected Barack Obama thought George W Bush was too much the cowboy. After eight years of Texas swagger and a shoot-first-ask-questions-later foreign policy, voters craved the more considered, cerebral and often inspirational persona of a big city law professor. Now, in the midst of a real crisis, they are having second thoughts.

Counterinsurgency is a marathon, but President Obama wants to sprint. The most troubling aspect of Mr. Obama's strategy for Afghanistan is the cramped timeline for his surge. He wants a quick in and out. The 30,000 new troops he is sending as reinforcements will be rushed into theater in the spring of 2010, and the drawdown will commence in July 2011. The message to Afghans is that this president lacks the will to sustain the fight.

Sen. John Kerry reiterated his pledge on Monday to sign the form that would allow the government to release all his military records, but said he wanted to know exactly what was in his file before doing so. "I have a stack of different material they sent me," Kerry told radio host Don Imus. "Every time they send me something I want to know what they sent me." "I'll get it done," Kerry insisted in the next breath. Last week the 2008 presidential hopeful suggested he wanted to review his full Navy file to make sure of "what is in...

" I will never be president, Merry Christmas."

Kerry visits Appleton, WI where he give the "W" sign, but doesn't look happy doing it. He holds a rally in Des Moines, IA. Kerry stages another phony "regular guy" moment at a bar in Des Moines and shows he can't drink a beer like a normal guy just like he can't throw like a normal guy. Kerry fnishes up with a rally in Warren, OH. where he does the model walk down the runway.3 days until the election. 4 more days of Kerry Crack-ups.    1Democratic presidential candidate Sen., John Kerry holds up three fingers indicating to supporters,...