Her record was to be governor during good times, when the state benefited from oil profits. then quit when oil prices dropped and revenues disappeared, and the tough decisions had to be made.’
Cutting spending is a tough decision, as is cutting entitlements, or raising taxes for that matter. That's why the last Republican president with republican congress did the opposite, as is this loser in office now.
What McCain and Obama promised was more candy, and tax cuts.
mccain actually filibustered Bush’s medicare part d expansion and opposed ethanol subsidies even though he knew he would automatically lose Iowa right from the start.
so he had a pretty good record until he threw it all away with the bailout. Even Coburn voted for that thing.