Republicans went off track. We were spending too much money.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I think we have lost track of a core Republican principle of limited government and balancing budgets and restraining federal spending. We have got to change the system.
Republicans spend and borrow, Democrats tax and spend.
The Republicans are running wild with our tax dollars and it's been a mistake to let this administration continue a policy of incompetence when it comes to Iraq.
To be fair, Republicans are not blameless. The deficit began to spiral out of control on President Bush's watch.
Republicans are not going to play I-told-you-so, but it is pretty obvious that the tax reductions passed in 2003 helped Americans dig out of a recession and get back to work.
And so we go over the cliff fiscally, and our Republican friends try to pin the blame on discretionary domestic spending, including spending for security. We pass budget resolutions that fall far short.
Our debt is out of control. What was a fiscal challenge is now a fiscal crisis. We cannot deny it; instead we must, as Americans, confront it responsibly. And that is exactly what Republicans pledge to do.
We've got to take some drastic steps in this country. We can't keep spending and spending.
Well the truth is, Republicans didn't just lose a few elections, we lost our way.
Republicans in Congress boosted the economy by cutting taxes and ending programs that don't work.