Reply #2: They had better stand up. [View All]

[damntexdem]

This is central to what the Democratic Party stands for, if it still stands for anything. But if that is not enough, consider the politics.

These cuts are directly linkable to Congress, rather than to the Administration. Thus, in 2006, outrage at the spending cuts will hurt GOP Congressional candidates, who may only be peripherally hurt by damage to the Bushista Administration. This is the type of thing on which Democrats can successfully campaign. This is cutting funds for grandma's nursing home institutionalization, for health care for poor children down the street, for oneself if one is working poor. This is an issue for the base.