Just the other day I called Obama’s budget unserious.  I guess Senator Gregg agrees with me.  That is not some great achievement on my part.  Any rational person would have but what is surprising is just how closely the Senator’s criticism of the budget resembled mine in tone.  He called the deficit cutting claims “spurious” and said that the tax claims were “Alice in Wonderland” fantasy.

What makes Gregg’s criticism so cutting is that he was formerly the Obama nomination for Commerce Secretary.  Obama made it a special point to praise Gregg’s fiscal discipline and credited it as the leading factor in his nomination.  Gregg later withdrew his nomination because of deep seated policy disagreements.  I wonder if he had gotten a peek at this budget before then?

This certainly gives me hope.  Cap and Trade looks like it is getting pulled from the budget along with a host of other items that are especially offensive.  I don’t expect to like it in its final form but at least I have hope that we may survive this yet.  At least there is someone left on Capitol Hill not ready to jump on board with the President’s war on prosperity.