The Hill News

President Obama was doing his best to run and hide on entitlement reform, but his cover has all but evaporated. First, Democrats said it was OK for Obama to punt on reforms of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid because Republicans would attack him if he went first. So he ignored the recommendations of his own debt commission's report, released the first week in December. Then he skipped addressing the thorny issue in his State of the Union address. Then he skipped the issue again in his budget. He is three for three. Then House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) said he would pledge not to attack any proposal Obama offered on entitlement reform. Still nothing.

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