I do not give Obama or any other politician one iota of credit for proposing tampering with Medicare or SS when there are more than enough known, wasteful, non-essential, politically motivated and protected programs that can be put at the head of the list.

It is like local politicians cutting school, police and fire fighter $$$, while retaining their pet programs.

These tactics are nothing but baiting.

If he was serious and if he was a leader he would back up his general pontificating with specifics he wants done to each program and when with what end result and when. He has earned, even from his beloved media shield the reputation for lack of specifics and follow up.

These are my personal opinions based on real leadership expectations...what are the deliverables on a given proposal? When can they be expected? Who is going to do what to make the promised deliverable happen? When? As measured by what/whom? All foreign to ANY politician. They are incaple, unwilling and in way to many cases incompetent!

btk