The New Reagan Republicans

Except they're not Republicans at all, but big-spending Democrats who are now trying to pretend they didn't support the Big Government Obama agenda:

The candidate was outraged - just outraged - at the country's sorry fiscal state.

"We have managed to acquire $13 trillion of debt on our balance sheet," he fumed to a roomful of voters. "In my view, we have nothing to show for it."

And that was a Democrat, Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado, who voted "yes" on the stimulus, the health-care overhaul, increased education funding and other costly bills Congress approved under his party's control.

Faced with a potential wipeout in November's midterm elections, candidates such as Bennet are embracing budget cuts with the enthusiasm of Reagan Republicans.

There was a time when people like Bennet might have gotten away with this - back when the only news came from three liberal TV networks and your local liberal newspaper. Those sources wouldn't have bothered to report his hypocrisy. Those days are gone and I expect Mr. Bennet's poor choices in both voting history and campaign rhetoric will be fully exposed to the voters of Colorado.