OBAMA ANNOUNCES RE-ELECTION BID

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We need to dust Fred Thompson off again. I like that dude.

Good video: http://gop12.thehill.com/2008/12/fred-th...-2012.html

I actually do like him--at least he seems like a straight talker.

I'd like the next administration (whoever that is) to tackle some of the recommendations made by the by-partisan budget deficit commission (hell, I'd like them tackled in the current budget talks). I heard on CNN yesterday that the Tea Party largely focuses on spending cuts in the 20% "discretionary" portion of the budget vs. the 80% entitlements (S.S., medicare, defense spending etc.) and that what they propose we cut wouldn't come near to addressing the deficit. I don't want to balance the budget on the back of, say, education. I think we need to address that 80% too. And I'm all for some immigration reform. And union reform!