[Mr. Mojo]

only a Republican Congress has run a budget surplus and that was from 1998 - 2001.

Then, after a Republican was sworn in as President in Jan. of '01, they dramatically reversed course. The result: the GOP was slaughtered in both the '06 midterms and '08 general. Lesson learned? Doubtful.

[avacado]

The Republican Congress from 1995 - 2006 ran a total budget deficit of $1.6 trillion.

The Democratic Congress from 2007 - 2009 will have run a budget deficit of $1.7 trillion or more.