Republican Lite

The Legislative branch of the Republican party is drifting further towards the center:

Once upon a time, in a Congress far, far away, Republicans believed in smaller government. But you sure wouldn't know it from last month's budget-reform fiasco on the House floor.

On June 25, by an astonishing vote of 326 to 88, the GOP-controlled body rejected the Family Budget Protection Act, which would have removed the bias toward greater spending inherent in the current Congressional budget process. Even among Republicans, the bill lost 131 to 88. The Members also nixed the Spending Control Act, a less ambitious bill that Budget Committee Chairman Jim Nussle championed to impose spending caps, by a vote of 248 to 146.

The RINO's (Republican in Name Only) can't resist all that pork available and get spending under control:

The sense of spending entitlement is so deep that some GOP leaders resorted to the Democratic rhetoric that giving the President rescission power represents an unacceptable surrendering of legislative power to the executive. Considering the derision that conservatives once heaped on the old bulls of the Democrats for this line, Republicans are fortunate that nobody else in the press corps was paying attention to this debate.
To be fair, top GOP leaders did honor their promise to the reformers to let this debate take place and allow votes on the floor. This at least got the spenders on the record. But it's also true that Speaker Dennis Hastert, Majority Leader Tom DeLay and the rest did nothing to help pass even the most moderate spending-control measures.

Republicans should understand that, principle aside, sooner or later they are setting themselves up for a political fall. If Republicans won't campaign against spending to reduce the federal deficit, they will soon find themselves on the defensive on taxes. And if they ever vote for a tax increase, they can soon expect to find themselves back in the minority.

Incumbency breeds laziness and irresponsibility, I think the House needs an enema.