“Entitlements” on The Daily Caller

On October 28th, just days before the November general elections, I wrote about four gubernatorial candidates to watch as unconventional politicians. Those included New Mexico’s Susana Martinez, Nevada’s Brian Sandoval, Oregon’s Chris Dudley and Wisconsin’s Scott Walker. Dudley, a terrific man, lost, but hopefully he will be back to fight again. The other three candidates won and are already showing results. I wrote about how Scott Walker “demonstrated how to balance a budget consistently without raising taxes.” He is showing that right now as governor of Wisconsin. (more)

Dear Baby Boomers, (more)

With a budget showdown looming, Republican Senate leaders turned up the heat Tuesday on President Obama, pinning responsibility on the White House to propose cuts in entitlement spending and saying Obama would have to “bite the bullet” to keep the national debt under control. (more)

If you thought Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul’s budget slashing spree was over, think again. (more)

Reforming Social Security has been called the third rail of American politics, one that politicians are reluctant to discuss. When they do, as Republican Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan has tried, they’re demonized. But solving shortfalls for this entitlement programs might not be as difficult as it has been made out to be. (more)

A number of the House GOP’s leading conservative members on Thursday will announce legislation that would cut $2.5 trillion over 10 years, which will be by far the most ambitious and far-reaching proposal by the new majority to cut federal government spending. (more)

Despite a traditional reluctance among Republicans to reduce the military budget and a Congress-wide aversion to touching entitlement spending, Majority-leader designate Eric Cantor said Tuesday that he is willing to lead the party toward slashing funding from both. (more)

Rep. Paul Ryan, the fast-talking, number-crunching Republican from Wisconsin, caused a stir last week when he called out his own party for not offering Americans a substantive alternative to Democrats in this fall’s elections. (more)

In Washington, talk isn’t cheap: The men and women who will sit in rooms for the next eight months to debate how to rescue the U.S. from a looming fiscal crisis won’t do so for free. (more)

He sounds like a national candidate, maybe even for president. (more)

It’s an established fact that Washington is divided on how to deal with America’s fiscal crisis. But on Tuesday, experts who were convened to discuss the problem invented a new way to squabble about the issue, disagreeing on whether the American people even know there is a serious problem in the first place. (more)

On Monday, The Daily Caller’s  Jon Ward interviewed Rep. Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Republican and the ranking member on the House Budget Committee. An edited transcript of the interview is below.  (more)