There isn't going to be a "responsible, safe withdrawal" from Iraq.
It will look a lot like the withdrawal from Vietnam, but with sand.
"Trimming" the tax cuts for the wealthy?
Oh please Amos. You are showing your true wealthy elite colors.
We don't need a "short term goals" presidency. The only thing that will save the US from it's current slide toward a demise resembling that of Greece and Rome, is radical transformation of the body politic. Not voting to maintain the status quo every 4 years, which is what most people here are arguing we do.