FROM STEPHEN GREEN: An Open Letter To A President Who Thinks We’ve “Gone A Little Soft.” “In 2008, we elected a man who promised us ‘a net spending cut,’ a guy who would go ‘line by line’ through the budget with steely eyes under his green eyeshade and trim Washington down to the bone. We elected — we thought we elected — a tough man to do a tough job. Who is soft, Mr. President, the electorate who went crazy for the tough guy, or the president who broke his promises while refusing to make a single tough decision about spending?” There was a lot of golf, though.