Makes sense. But how can the suddenly fiscally concerned Republicans score political victory if they don't slam everything Obama does as being wasteful and unnecessary?
Yeah, I know its more than a little ironic given how enthusiastically the Republicans supported Bush and the GOP Congress who ran budget deficits when the economy was fine.
However, its important that there is a legislative check on the Democrats so they can't do anything they want. The Republicans may be incompetent, but there is little evidence that the Democrats are much better.
I wouldn't bet against you. I'm hoping Obama will take steps to balance the budget after this crisis is past. But I'm not very optimistic.