Pence crunches the numbers

BY THE time that Rep. Mike Pence,  the hard-right guy from Indiana, arrives in Akron Friday evening to speak at the Summit County Republican Party Lincoln Day Dinner, he may have had enough time to answer a question by MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell that he couldn't answer on her show: Will the GOP's counter-budget cut or increase the deficit?  The inquiry was quite appropriate for a severe critic of  President Obama's budget.  But Pence couldn't answer it, saying the GOP plan is a "broad outline" short on numbers.  But I'm sure it won't deter 

chairman Alex Arshinkoff from giving his guest a rousing welcome. No questions asked, of course.