Obama is wrong on Social Security.

[JDPriestly]

90. You are contradicting yourself. Sorry to say that but it is true.

Think about it:

"How is he going to do that WITHOUT CONGRESS PASSING HIS BUDGET?"

There you said Congress passes the budget.

Then you said, "If he doesn't get a budget passed."

You just put your finger on the problem.

The Constitution provides that the money bills, the budget most specifically, are supposed to originate in the House.

House does not mean White House.

Obama should let the Republicans in the House propose their budget, put it out there for all to see, tear it to shreds, let the people get angry at their representatives for what is not funded in the budget and then, when the anger is palpable, ask the House to write another budget.

That is what Obama should do. It's called brinkmanship. And sometimes it is the best policy.

When a civil attorney sues someone in a civil court on your behalf, your attorney (if you have a good one) does not lose his/her nerve. He/she does not enter into settlement talks right away.

In fact, he/she has to have a very accurate intuitive sense of when the other side is ready to make a good settlement, ready to falter, ready to tell the party your are suing that it is time for that party to cave and pay out.

Obama does not have a sense of patience and timing in this respect. It is unfortunate because he is wonderful with people, but oh, boy, I'm glad he is not representing me in a lawsuit.