Credit where credit is due.....

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D - Ca.) complained to the media the other day that the Democrats "weren't getting credit for what they had done".  On the contrary, I think the Democrats are indeed getting the credit for what they have done, and that is why they are apparently going to lose 45-50 House seats in this upcoming election.

Ms.Pelosi promised in her maiden speech as Speaker of the House that "there will be no more deficit spending". Since then, she and her party have generated at least $5 TRILLION in new deficit spending.  She and her party certainly get the credit for that.

We have a friend visiting us who runs a small business that employs lots of part-time young people in the summer. The new health care bill seems to require that she provide health care for all of them. If true, she is probably out of business, and a lot of teenagers won't have a job with her next summer. Our friend certainly gives Nancy Pelosi credit for that.

There is little in recent history to suggest that the Republicans will do any better at controlling spending and reducing the size of government than the Democrats have done, but they could hardly do worse.