Security or Medicare for 10yrs. By that time more than half of all baby boomers will be receiving benefits, and the other half will realize how badly they have saved and how much they need these programs. So It would not be irrational to believe the baby boomers could, eight or ten years from now, changet their mind and elect politicians that will not cut Social Security or Medicare benefits as Romney and Ryan are proposing. As you can see from the AP interview Obama is ready to cut programs and give the Republicans what they want "Right Now", and you can bet when he talks about cuts he is not talking about block grants for food stamps ... He is talking about Social Security and Medicare. So for those of us who care about preserving Social Security and Medicare benefits, voting for Romeny and Ryan my be our only option. If they can convince me that they will keep their promise to leave Social Security and Medicare alone for 10yrs ... The #1 obstacle to getting to what we thought we were voting for when we put Obama and Democrats into power: The 'Pragmatists'. Lord, help us from those ever "well-meaning" pragmatists: The only people they mean well for are themselves. We hear about "pragmatism" a lot from Obama's 'most ardent supporters'. That Obama and those who support him and think like him are "only being pragmatic" (or "reasonable", or "realistic", or"adult", or some other characterization which is intended