I’m Very Skeptical, But I Will Wait And See

I was about to write a post about an article by Hugh Hewitt posted at Townhall.com when I came across another article at the Daily Caller which totally undid my thinking for the first post. 

Here is the story.  Mr. Hewitt posted an article entitled, “The McClellan Republicans.”  The article states:

“Speaker John Boehner, GOP Leader Eric Cantor and GOP Whip Kevin McCarthy have been in their saddles since November 2, and even though their formal power only arrived in January, they have had more than four months to prepare the debate over the CR, the debt ceiling and the FY 2012 budget.

“If they prepared at all they prepared poorly, concentrating on symbolic gestures and focusing on procedural niceties like “open rules” rather than closing with the Democrats and forcing the first of the many showdowns ahead on spending. The phony cuts assembled thus far -the GOP talking points say $8 billion has been sawed from the federal budget–have not resulted in a single lay-off or program closure. One could look for months and see no effect from these paper cuts.”

The article totally echoes my frustration with the Republican leadership.  Meanwhile, the Daily Caller is reporting:

“In wake of conservative James O’Keefe’s Project Verutas sting videos of National Public Radio (NPR) senior executives, House Republicans are set to vote Thursday to defund NPR completely.  They’re expected to pass a bill that would pull all taxpayer money out of NPR, including the money that’s funneled through the Corporationn for Public Broadcasting (CPB).”

If they pass it, can they make their case well enough to get it through the Senate and past the President?

America’s spending is out of control.  We can no longer afford NPR (and many other things).  If this Congress can’t figure that out, we will have to elect a new one in 2012!