NO DEFICIT HAWK HAS ANY BUSINESS EVER VOTING FOR ANY REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR ANYTHING...

And no journalist ever has any business claiming that Democrats and Republicans are equally bad on long-term fiscal issues. None. Ever.

Steve Benen:

The Washington Monthly: Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.)... asked on Fox News how his party would pay for $678 billion in tax cuts for the wealthy.... Kyl said what he actually believed: Republicans wouldn't pay for them, and thinks it's a mistake to even try. Spending should be paid for, Kyl said, but tax cuts shouldn't. Kyl...