Girdlock is the only time that the deficit appear to go down. Since neither party wants to support the others programs, gridlock limits the size of the government.

And McCain is still unelectable. The MSM has the collective desire to keep the elction close so that people will watch news programs. However, I am sure that the Democrats will out some Republican as a homosexual or child abuser like they have the last two elections and that will throw the swing states to Obama. I also wonder if Obama would take back the Biden pick if he had the chance. The MSM has been listening to Biden for decades and is just not interested.

Girdlock is the only time that the deficit appear to go down. Since neither party wants to support the others programs, gridlock limits the size of the government.

And McCain is still unelectable. The MSM has the collective desire to keep the elction close so that people will watch news programs. However, I am sure that the Democrats will out some Republican as a homosexual or child abuser like they have the last two elections and that will throw the swing states to Obama. I also wonder if Obama would take back the Biden pick if he had the chance. The MSM has been listening to Biden for decades and is just not interested.

(The linked article was written in March, not in response to the current shock going through the financial markets.)

(The linked article was written in March, not in response to the current shock going through the financial markets.)

I can only repeat my point: Republicans used to be the party of fiscal responsibility. Now Republican dogma is that deficits don't matter.

And current Republican strategy is, as JSpencer notes, gridlock.

Though I note you've given up the idea that McCain is unelectable.

I can only repeat my point: Republicans used to be the party of fiscal responsibility. Now Republican dogma is that deficits don't matter.

And current Republican strategy is, as JSpencer notes, gridlock.

Though I note you've given up the idea that McCain is unelectable.

since neither McCain nor Obama are promising to be like the Clinton Administration, what a happened during the Clinton Administration is not a good reason to over for either candidate. However, a government divided between McCain and the Democrats in Congress is probably more likely to control spending that a government totally dominated by Democrats.

since neither McCain nor Obama are promising to be like the Clinton Administration, what a happened during the Clinton Administration is not a good reason to over for either candidate. However, a government divided between McCain and the Democrats in Congress is probably more likely to control spending that a government totally dominated by Democrats.

The Clinton ADministration went six years with no signicant changes to the tax code, no new spending programs, and no new entitlements. The last six years of the Clinton ADministration is about as close as the U.S. has ever gotten to a libertarian government.

I believe this analysis is correct.

Since I normally disagree with Superdestroyer, I felt honor-bound to highlight my agreement.

However–and I'm sure anyone still reading this thread knew there was a big but coming–it's astounding to me that the fact that this is something Democrats actually did becomes an argument against voting for Democrats.

Really, it's mind-bending.

Republicans used to be the party of fiscal responsibilty, but now they believe that, in the words of Dick Cheney, “Deficits don't matter“.

Isn't that a huge part of how we got to this point economically?

The Clinton ADministration went six years with no signicant changes to the tax code, no new spending programs, and no new entitlements. The last six years of the Clinton ADministration is about as close as the U.S. has ever gotten to a libertarian government.

I believe this analysis is correct.

Since I normally disagree with Superdestroyer, I felt honor-bound to highlight my agreement.

However–and I'm sure anyone still reading this thread knew there was a big but coming–it's astounding to me that the fact that this is something Democrats actually did becomes an argument against voting for Democrats.

Really, it's mind-bending.

Republicans used to be the party of fiscal responsibilty, but now they believe that, in the words of Dick Cheney, “Deficits don't matter“.

Isn't that a huge part of how we got to this point economically?

The S&P was well off of its high before January 20, 2001. The economy was slowing down due to the dot.com bust and the overspending due to Y2K. Al Gore would have face the same slowing economy and would have face the same problems after 9/11. The Clinton ADministration went six years with no signicant changes to the tax code, no new spending programs, and no new entitlements. The last six years of the Clinton ADministration is about as close as the U.S. has ever gotten to a libertarian government.

I doubt if an Obama Administration with the Democrats in charge of Congress will have anything in common with the Clinton Administration. Pork barrel spending in West Virginia and new entitlement programs will slide through without vetos when the Democrats are in charge of everything.

The S&P was well off of its high before January 20, 2001. The economy was slowing down due to the dot.com bust and the overspending due to Y2K. Al Gore would have face the same slowing economy and would have face the same problems after 9/11. The Clinton ADministration went six years with no signicant changes to the tax code, no new spending programs, and no new entitlements. The last six years of the Clinton ADministration is about as close as the U.S. has ever gotten to a libertarian government.

I doubt if an Obama Administration with the Democrats in charge of Congress will have anything in common with the Clinton Administration. Pork barrel spending in West Virginia and new entitlement programs will slide through without vetos when the Democrats are in charge of everything.