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On Meet the Press earlier today, Congressman Paul Ryan defended the legitimate rights of the Occupy Wall Street protestors to air their grievances about the government, but criticized President Obama for dividing the country …

Paul Ryan pushing Politifact's claim that Paul Ryan isn't trying to end …

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That echoes a previous false claim by Ryan that “The president has not put forward a plan that saves Medicare from bankruptcy, even though nonpartisan experts tell us that this could happen in 9-13 short years unless we act. …

This is Part 10 of a look at possible GOP candidates that might run well against Obama in 2012.

Part 1 looked at Mitch Daniels Part 2 looked at Tim Pawlenty

Part 3 looked at Chris Christie Part 4 looked at Mitt Ronney

Part 5 looked at Sarah Palin Part 6 looked at Mike Huckabee

Part 7 looked at Rudy Giuliani Part 8 looked at Michele Bachman

Part 9 looked at Donald Trump Part 10 looked at Paul Ryan

Part 11 looked at Ron Paul Part 12 looked at Newt Gingrich

Part 13 looked at Herman Cain Part 14 looked at Rick Santorum

Part 15 looked at Rick Perry Part 16 looked at Jon Huntsman

Most of you are probably more than familiar with Paul Ryan and his latest deficit cutting proposals, but take a look at this anyway, because it’s poweful and has Obama very worried!

Having looked at lots of talkbacks on different sites, I can tell you that Ryan is very very popular.

INTERVIEWER: Let’s start with the big picture, President Obama’s budget for 2012, for the next fiscal year that starts next October, calls for a five-year freeze on nondefense discretionary spending he says would save $400 billion. No addressing of entitlements. How is your budget different?

RYAN: His freeze locks in very high spending levels. It’s really more of a floor to gain (ph) — with 24 percent increase in discretionary spending. If we go to 2008 levels, we’d get another $400 billion on top of that over the next 10 years.

Nothing on entitlements. He does nothing to address the drivers of our debt. The public debt will double in his first term and triple by the end of his budget. He adds $13 trillion more to our debt.

He’s punting on the budget and not doing a thing to prevent a debt crisis, which every single economist tells us is coming sooner rather than later in this country. We will address these issues.

INTERVIEWER: All right, let’s talk about your budget. Widely reported that your budget will cut spending by $2 trillion over the next decade. True?

RYAN: Well, it’s more than that, quite a bit more than that.

INTERVIEWER: Three trillion?

RYAN: More than that.

INTERVIEWER: Four trillion?

RYAN: We’re looking at more than that right now. We’re fine- tuning our numbers with the Congressional Budget Office literally today, over the weekend. But we’re going to be cutting a lot more than that.

INTERVIEWER: So more than $4 trillion, which is a significant number, because that was the president’s debt commission cut the deficit by $4 trillion.

RYAN: Yes, we will be exceeding the goals that were put out in the president’s debt commission.

So how would a Ryan-Trump ticket play out?

Donald Trump considering presidential run as independent | Bryan …

www.theeagle.com12/6/11

WASHINGTON — Sure, he's out of the GOP presidential race, but The Donald isn't content to sit on the sidelines. Donald Trump wants a say in who gets the nomination, so he's hosting a presidential debate, holding out the …

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Everyone agrees that a president should be well educated. In that respect, Donald Trump does not come short. He went to the New York Military Academy where he graduated with honors and excelled in extra-curricular …

This is Part 9 of a look at possible GOP candidates that might run well against Obama in 2012.

Part 1 looked at Mitch Daniels Part 2 looked at Tim Pawlenty

Part 3 looked at Chris Christie Part 4 looked at Mitt Ronney

Part 5 looked at Sarah Palin Part 6 looked at Mike Huckabee

Part 7 looked at Rudy Giuliani Part 8 looked at Michele Bachman

Part 9 looked at Donald Trump Part 10 looked at Paul Ryan

Part 11 looked at Ron Paul Part 12 looked at Newt Gingrich

Part 13 looked at Herman Cain Part 14 looked at Rick Santorum

Part 15 looked at Rick Perry Part 16 looked at Jon Huntsman

Until quite recently I’d never really seriously considered Donald Trump as a serious GOP presidential candidate.

But we live and learn (hopefully), because a new poll puts Trump in second place in the GOP presidential field, just behind former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and tied with former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee!

Among Republican primary voters, Romney leads with 21%, followed by Trump and Huckabee, who each garnered 17%. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich stood at 11% and former Alaska governor Sarah Palin got 10%.

So, Could Trump Really Be The GOP Nominee?

Firstly, the results say as much about the rest of the field as they do about Trump.

About half of the field is basically unknown to all but the most highly engaged Republican voters, so it’s should be no surprise that the two men tied for second place both have their own TV shows.

Secondly, the race for the nomination is not a national contest, but is fought state by state and how Trump plays in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina will be more important than how he polls among the broader Republican electorate.

Thirdly, is Trump really ready to do the kind of retail politicking that’s generally considered needed to win over voters in these states?

Kissing endless babies and shaking millions of hands!

Fourthly, what happens when Trump has to actually answer questions about his business dealings, personal life and views on issues?

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie expressed skepticism over a Trump presidential candidacy during an interview Wednesday with ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer.

"Donald’s a really good friend of mine. I don’t know that Donald really wants to be president", he said.

"We’ve spoken about it, and all I can say to you is that, you know, I’ll believe it when I see it," Christie said. "I think he likes what he does. I think he likes building things. And I think he likes being on TV, and you know, he does that well".

Even so, Trump has scheduled speaking appearances in two important early nominating states, Iowa and New Hampshire in June, and has said that he will announce his decision about the 2012 race following them.

Money Talks!

Sadly, money goes a long long way to buying the Presidency in the US and Trump has lots of it!

So How Much Money Does Donald Trump Really Have?

Current studies have shown him to be worth 2.9 billion dollars, but, in truth, even Donald Trump may not know exactly how much money he does have, because many things could change his net worth such as, real estate values, the dollar rate, and investment portfolios etc.

And however much he’s worth he could easily outspend everyone else that’s in the running right now; and that includes Obama if Trump were to be nominated.

But The Press Don’t Like Him ?!

The press can be bought, and especially now!

If Trump were to start spending tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars on advertising with a newspaper, then pretty much every newspaper editor would tell journalists to back off their criticisms, because they need the money.

And the above must logically lead one to the question, "Is America a democracy?".