Hugh Hewitt posted an article at Townhall.com blasting the Republicans recently elected to the House of Representatives for not keeping their pledge to cut spending back to the pre-stimulus spending levels of 2008.
He opens his article with the following comments:
"The number of Republican Members of Congress who appeared on my radio show between their "thumpin'" in 2006 and their return to power in 2010 who admitted with apparent remorse that "We lost our way" is easily in double digits.
"That was the mantra, and embedded within it an implied pledge that, if the voters would just give them another chance, all would be different.
"How different? Vastly, completely, transcendently different. And the House Republicans took that implied pledge, made it explicit, and put it all in a "Pledge to America" that promised in key language on page 21 that if a new GOP majority was sent to D.C. it would act immediately to cut spending."
Mr. Hewitt points out that if the Republicans do not keep their pledge, no one will ever believe them again.
The Republican tide in November was the result of the enthusiasm and involvement of the Tea Party Patriots in the election. The Republicans ignore the wishes of the Tea Party at their own peril. I feel very strongly that if the Republicans do not significantly cut the federal budget, there will be a third party--it will be the Republican party. The enthusiasm in the Republican Party comes from the Tea Party--the Tea Party is looking for serious change in Washington. If the Republicans do not bring that change, I believe the Tea Party will grow and both the Republicans and Democrats who continue the runaway spending in Washington will be voted out of office.
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. The first clue that the new Republicans might not get their way was the fact that the House leadership did not change when they took office. If the current Republican leadership cannot hear the wishes of the voters, they need to be replaced.
The Wall Street Journal posted a list of the suggested budget cuts on Wednesday.
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