And were it not for the leadership of Mike Pence (R-IN) and the Republican Study Committee, that streak would have continued through 2005.
We have met the enemy and it is us.
I respect W and have voted Republican consistently, however, the federal government has grown at over 2 times the rate of inflation since W took over. A real rotten statistic.
As a long time conservative, and I am very upset, especially after reading the Bruce Bartlett article, "The Final Straw."
http://www.townhall.com/opinion/columns/brucebartlett/2005/10/18/171730.html
I'm familar with all the issues he brings up in this article, but after reading about the issues in a summarized form, it brings into focus why I'm so friggin mad. Bigger government saddled with debt! What's it going to take to fix things around here! Somebody has to kickbutt and take names, even if that person is ME!
Nobody is addressing the three-headed monster: Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Until these obsolete entitlement programs are phased out, gov't spending will continue to grow.