Yes, Leader Pelosi, we have a spending problem

Democrats seem to think America's budget woes can be solved without slashing entitlement spending. They couldn't be more wrong

Some party members say Nancy Pelosi would not be able to secure the moderate candidates necessary for the Democrats to win back the House in 2012.
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To govern is to choose. And on Tuesday night, President Obama will lay out his priorities for the next year in the first State of the Union address of his second term.

Information leaked by to the press by the administration suggests that the president will focus his speech largely on the economy. But President Obama will also reportedly push to dramatically reduce the size of America's nuclear arsenal.

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Jeb Golinkin is an attorney from Houston, Texas. You can follow him on twitter @jgolinkin.