With so much focus on the ever-changing race for the GOP presidential nomination, it's been easy to forget that the Democrats' slim majority in the US Senate may be slipping away. The chance of slippage got a little stronger today with news that Senator Ben Nelson (D-Nebraska) will announce that he will not seek re-election in 2012.

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In an obvious effort to protect Candidate Obama from one of many blistering and justifiable attacks over Obamacare, President Barack Obama is undelivering on one of the few promises he actually kept. After winning over many voters with the promise of cradle to grave government provided health care, the administration is abandoning its long-term care insurance program admitting it is not and cannot be financially viable.

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Forget about whoever ends up winning the GOP nomination next year, Candidate Barack Obama has evidently decided that his 2012 opponent will be President Barack Obama. In two speeches this weekend Mr. Obama sought to fire up a large segment of his base and solicit campaign donations by attacking the last three years of abject failure over which he presided.

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As promised, President Barack Obama proposed his $1.5 trillion dollar tax hike today; an attempt to send the bill for his own failures to those who have managed to succeed despite the dismal economy. He also promised to veto any debt-reduction legislation that cuts benefits while failing to include higher taxes on the wealthy.

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The nation's debt has increased by more than $3.5 trillion since President Barack Obama took office. He has demanded an increase in the current $14.3 trillion debt ceiling and is calling for higher taxes so that he can spend even more. Yet in his weekly radio address this morning he declared "Government has to start living within its means, just like families do."

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