John Atcheson at Common dreams. org poses “political imponderables”:
“If Republicans really hate deficits, why did the last three Republican Presidents run up more than 66% of the nation’s cumulative deficit – more than all other Presidents combined? And why didn’t rank and file Republicans utter a peep against it when they did?. . . .
“Why does the press mindlessly repeat conservative fear mongers’ debt warnings even as the deficit is disappearing?”