The Blog  The President Has No Plan  Obama touts budget that
received 0 votes in Congress.  1:57 AM, Sep 7, 2012 • By JOHN
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Text Alerts  President Barack Obama pledged during his speech at
the Democratic National Convention that he would tell the
American people hard truths. "I won't pretend the path I'm
offering is quick or easy," Obama said. "I never have. You
didn't elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. You elected
me to tell you the truth. And the truth is, it will take more
than a few years for us to solve challenges that have built up
over decades."   Obama in Cairo  Obama in Cairo  The truth is
Obama used his speech to attack the budget Paul Ryan authored
without offering a real plan of his own to avert the looming
debt crisis. "You can choose a future where we reduce our
deficit without sticking it to the middle class," Obama said.
"Independent experts say that my plan would cut our deficits by
$4 trillion." The plan that Obama was