If you are in the Progressive camp you are a spender, so I would put all of the presidents mention in this article in the Progressive camp with the exception of Reagan. Most of this list are also members of the Bilderberg Group, again Reagan was not. Inspite of this we all need to remember it is congress that controls the spending not the president, if the appropriations bill does not come out of congress there is nothing for the president to sign, or veto. Does he influence congress, yes; but it is ultimately congress that sets the spending agenda. That said all one has to do is look at congress to determine the number of Progressives sitting in any legislative period, when there is enough Progressives sitting they spend.

Marco Rubio is a shining star in the Republican base, and he would have my vote except for won thing, he is not a Natural Born Citizen, and therefore ineligible to be VP or President PERIOD... Make him Senate Majority Leader in the next congress, and use his intelligence where it does the most good. We already have an ineligible president sitting in our white house lets not go down that slipper slope again and set a Progressive Agenda presidence to change our constitution by acclamation, to avoid the amendment process.

The vary reason his is retiring, he is and always has been a DINO, not the true essence of a Democrat. This comes from a ND resident who has opposed Conrad since my return to the state in 1995 escaping the ever increasing mess in the People's "Repubic of California" to quote another columnist. Conrad is only Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, if you can call it that, because of his close ties to Ried over his 30 years in congress, it is not because of his ability to do numbers. ND finally saw the light, the political wind in ND have shifted regarding who should represent us in Congress, and it is "evolving". Both Dorgan, who decided to retire before the mid term elections in 2010, and Pomeroy who was defeated are gone.

Gee!, maybe us birthers were, and still are right>> we have been after Obama to release his vital records since before the 2009 elections, all have failed, and Obama has spent over $2 million to keep those records sealed. He did release a forged B/C last year, his selective service card is also forged, and he uses someone else's Social Security Number, and has for years. Why the deception, simple he is an illegal alien living in this country without proper documentation, is in our white house, has access to our nation's most secret documents, and information while never having gone through a National Agency Check, or a security clearance check that everyone else has to go through before get access to any of those records. Treasonist!

"Progressives", and their coattail Socialists, Marxists, and Communistes organizations, are the most dangerous element in our nation, and have been for over 80 years. They have wanted, and have continued to move in the direction of changing our Constittutional Republic into a Democracy their efforts are not without merit when you listen to our government refer to our nation as a Democracy whenever they open their mouths; the media both print, video, audio do the same in their writings and broadcasts, this was, and is the brainwashing that has taken place over the last 80+ years by the Progressive, so make no mistake they are good at what they do, and have done. I am encouraged by the last mid term elections, and I see a pendulum swing,

Yield drives investor who are not concerned about security. When I was in the investment world I was always able to fund investments on two scenarios; one was the investor's demand for the highest and best yield the good get, with less security (that doesn't mean no security), and two those investors who wanted maximum security, for a smaller yield; I considered those as the hot buttons for my investor portfolio, and could pretty much rely on them funding my investment offerings with a phone call and documentation. Those wanting a higher yield were willing to take the larger risk; and there is always risk in the investment world.

"Obama Asks: Am I An American?" The answer is an unqualified NO! If he is in fact a US citizen his also then a dual citizen of both England, and Indonesia. My question is when he returned from Indonesia, what name did he return under? It is my belief, based on the limited research I have done that he did not retune as Barack Obama according to his mother's passport. In all regards his is not a Naturnal Born Citizens of the United States of America, and my very well be an illegal alien in our White House. What passport did he use to travel to Pakistan, India, and Indonesia when he was in college? If we were allowed to find that out it would answer the story. I believe his only US passports were, and are diplomatic.

Everyone should feel obligated to defeat Obama, and let the newly elected congress rein in Romney where he chooses to stray from his campaign promises to, repeal Obama's signature healthcare, cut spending, get rid of regulartory agencies, and departments, and get government off the backs of private business.

My prediction still remains, Obama will resign before the November elections, or he will be indicted. We the People cannot count on that so we need to all show up at our voting booths and vote our conscience.

You can;t push Obama any further to the left, he is already a Socialits/Marxist by upbringing!