More than 70 percent of Republicans in the House and Senate happily voted for the massive bipartisan budget compromise, despite years of preaching the gospel of small government and lowering federal spending. …
To many observers it was a breathtaking contradiction, with some suggesting that there would be political consequences for their profligate spending and abandonment of what used to be a core principle. …
Why would any party risk becoming such an easy target this close to an election in which they are already running into a strong head wind?
The answer is simple: Because voter concern over surging deficits is at its lowest level in nearly a generation. CONT.
Paul Kane, Washington Post