Republicans Get Out the Long Knives

Hopefully they'll stop pointing them at each other and will start carving up Obama's $3.73 trillion "debt on arrival" budget.  From the Daily Caller:

Republicans' 'Wild West Show' begins today -- Capitol Hill is loud with the sound of steel on wet stones this morning as House Republicans prepare to dissect Obama's "debt on arrival" budget. "Maybe we don't stop at $100 billion," Rep. Lynn Westmoreland told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Jamie Dupree. "It may be $150 billion, it may be $200 billion." Tall words from a caucus that revised its promised cuts from $100 billion to $35 billion and back up again. The Daily Caller's Jonathan Strong reports that while the GOP establishment may appear to be at odds with its freshman class, "some conservatives say the battle is 'healthy' and are lauding Speaker John Boehner for keeping to his promise of a more open House." Grover Norquist, for instance, sees nothing wrong with all the internal tangling: "It’s one thing to do the right thing, it’s another for people around the country to be able to see you’re doing the right thing for the right reason." Meanwhile, the WSJ's Kim Strassel commended the GOP for its bickering: "That Republicans are having a debate over how much to cut—a lot, or even more—is a sign of how far the party has come." Just imagine how elated the nation's fiscal conservatives will be once the GOP actually cuts some spending. 

At $3.73 trillion there's a lot of room for cutting, but probably not as much of a will to cut as we would like. Voters sent the GOP to run the House because they wanted smaller government. It's time to act.