Paul Ryan handcuffs the next president to Obama's budget

Paul Ryan has endorsed a huge, secretly put together mega-budget that was created in precisely the manner in which he said he wouldn't create budgets.  And Democrats love it. "John Boehner said he was going to 'clean out the barn'," Ms. Pelosi said in an interview on Wednesday. "He's checking off things and moving in a timely fashion until the last full day." The budget deal, reached in secret negotiations with Congressional Democrats and the White House, will increase federal spending by $80 billion over the next two years, and provide an additional $32 billion in funds for overseas operations by the Pentagon and State Department. And Paul Ryan's reaction? House Speaker-in-waiting Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI)  is suddenly supporting the big-spending budget deal that effectively writes lame-duck President Obama a blank check to rack up debt. "What I've heard from members over the last two weeks is a desire...(Read Full Post)