The House leadership seems genuinely unaware of the anger building over the year-end deal, the committee appointments, the lack of transparency and availability, and now a default on the explicit budget promises in the Pledge to America...

Millions of people sacrificed their increasingly scarce resources and great amounts of time and this feeble attempt at spending discipline is not what they signed up for. . .

Business as was usual in 2006 looks very much to be back in the saddle of the House GOP caucus in 2011: Trust us, don't bother us, and don't ask inconvenient questions. Please understand, little people outside the Beltway, that cutting the budget is hard and much too complicated for you to comprehend.

Hugh Hewitt warns House GOP