Should Obama try to think before his ambitions lose steam and flounder?”
In the waning days of the George W. Bush Administration, shortly after the 111th Congress had been sworn in, we first learned the price tag for the Democrats’ “stimulus” packaged, cobbled together in the back rooms of Democratic offices on Capitol Hill. As the price tag hovered around $1 trillion, we in the rightosphere were astounded that anyone could consider legislation with such a tab, not even four months after Congress passed the bailouts which would ultimately total $700 billion. And this while the federal government was already awash in red ink. At the time (in those halcyon January days), I wondered if perhaps the Democrats were engaging in a little political theater. You see, shortly after winning election, promising a “net spending cut,” the then-President-elect promised to “scour the federal budget, line by line, and make meaningful cuts.” I never believed him for a second, but thought he might try and look like he was cutting the budget. So, I was certain he was going to t
