Dems accuse GOP of breaking vows at 'dizzying' pace out of gate

[kpete]

Dems accuse GOP of breaking vows at 'dizzying' pace out of gate
By Mike Lillis - 01/08/11 06:00 AM ET

Democrats are reveling this week as GOP leaders have walked back some of their top campaign promises just days after taking control of the lower chamber.

Republicans stormed to power in November's elections on vows of balanced budgets, increased transparency, and reduced deficit spending. Yet in the first days of the 112th Congress, GOP leaders have adopted rules allowing deficits to explode; dismissed Congress's nonpartisan budget score-keeper as irrelevant; slashed a spending-cut promise in half; and declined to pay for a controversial bill repealing the new healthcare law.

Republicans have defended their actions, insisting they still intend to make good on the goals outlined in their "Pledge to America." But Democrats have pounced on the moves as indication that the Republicans' campaign messaging was simply political theater, not a governing strategy. That the events have happened so quickly has only fueled the Democrats' criticisms.

"Since we've been sworn in, the Republican broken promises have been dizzying," Rep. Louise Slaughter (N.Y.) said Friday.

the rest:
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/136751-dems-accuse-gop-of-breaking-pledge-at-dizzying-pace-in-first-week

[Guilded Lilly]

1. Republicans have defended their actions,

... insisting they still intend to make good on the goals outlined in their "Pledge to America."

Just not in this generation.
The braindead of America have put the souless in the majority.

[ClassWarrior]

2. K&R

NGU.

[cilla4progress]

3. Now how long till voters realize this?

As long as the voters let them keep getting away with this crap, they'll keep doing it.

knr

[zbdent]

5. with today's "liberally-biased media"???

never ...

[lunatica]

4. The ball is in the other court now, so Dems get to whine and complain

While doing nothing. The fighting Dems are being replaced by Teabaggers. No matter who's in power, either way we, the people, seem to be losing.