Utter Cluelessness

The other Jerry Lewis, the congressman, has repudiated a fiscally responsible plan advanced by the Republican Study Committee. The RSC is trying to reignite the spirit of the 1994 Contract with America that propelled the GOP to an historic victory. I'll go back to why I started this blog---END EARMARKS. At the very least we want TRANSPARENCY. Restore the LINE-ITEM VETO. The WSJ on "The Minority Maker, the clever GOP strategy for defeat in November":

Political hardball isn't new to Congress, but what's especially notable here is the utter cluelessness by Mr. Lewis and his friends about how much trouble they're in and how to get out of it. The rank-and-file Members who haven't yet gone native in Washington realize that their biggest problem is the disappointment of Republican voters at Congress's free-spending ways. If those voters stay home in November, Mr. Lewis will soon be known as Mr. Ranking Member.

This is SERIOUS, a defining moment for Republicans. Otherwise, what's the point?