They gave each other a pledge, impossible, unthinkable | Michael Tomasky

The Pledge for America the Republicans released yesterday hardly merits comment, certainly does not from a substantive point of view. A document that purports to balance the budget by 2020 without cutting the military (20% of the budget), Social Security (20%), Medicare and other health expenditures (20%) or the servicing of the debt (10%) just isn't remotely serious. If you're not looking at 70% of the spending, where are you looking?

Krugman notes this morning that he sees only one...