[Texas Eagle]

Americans learned yesterday the full power of the Tea Party, with newly elected conservatives calling the shots in the House rather than railing against government from the sidelines.

Yeah. That explains how we went from 100 billion dollars in cuts to 10 billion dollars in cuts in 8 short weeks.

C'mon, 2012!

[newzjunkey]

ACTUALLY, that was $100 billion in cuts from Obama's 2011 proposed budget. Boehner's deal cut $78.5 billion from it. Obama got NO new spending and had to settle for actual cuts.

We need more and the 2012 budget battle will be a real test of mettle. Ultimately, a fiscally responsible president and capture of both houses of congress will be required to do it right. If we're lucky it'll happen in 2012 but I wouldn't count on it.