It WILL be painful short term, if by short term you mean 5-10 years. I pray this country can handle tight money and low federal spending and humility overseas, because it’s either us or the next 2 or 3 generations. We choose between austerity and delay. They won’t have a choice, because they will have tyranny.
If Romney gets this, you should hear it in the debates many times. If not you never will. The media is shutting out his message otherwise.