[Zhang Fei]

Boehner may prove himself to be the guy big enough and smart enough finally to engineer something that eluded even the great Reagan: pushing federal spending onto a downward trajectory.

Reagan's deficits were about $250b a year. Obama's deficits have averaged $1.2t. Getting spending down a smidgen from Obama's gargantuan levels might be a political feat, but financially-speaking it's a drop in the bucket compared to the staggering size of Obama's deficits.

[TheRhinelander]

Very true.