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Why does the president have to take a lead on a spending freeze if there already is enough votes in congress? And if there isn't enough votes in congress, then does the problem lay with the president or does the problem rest someplace else?

Why do generals lead armies when there are already soldiers in the field?

So the electorate of this country needs to be lead away from its high spending proclivities? Oh please protect me Mr. President from my own inclinations to spend. Oh please politicians, protect me from big government.

That's hardly a conservative solution -- is it.

The soldiers in the filed want to defeat the enemy. The electorate on the other hand doesn't support reduced spending because if they did, there would be enough votes in congress.

If the electorate doesn't care, then why the hell should the politician president?

The problem lies with the electorate.

So the electorate of this country needs to be lead away from its high spending proclivities?

Isn't that what Reagan did? Didn't Reagan veto 78 spending bills during his time in office??

That's hardly a conservative solution -- is it.

Are you saying Reagan was not a conservative?

The soldiers in the filed want to defeat the enemy.

Reagan won 44 and 49 states in his respective national elections. He didn't do it by pandering to the lowest common denominator.

If the electorate doesn't care, then why the hell should the politician president?

What if the electorate does care? We'll find out this November (or December, as the case may be..)