Grover Norquist via Peggy Noonan:
What should Republicans focus on? “Spending per se is a palpable issue. The central question is not only taxes or the deficit, it’s spending, and you can see this in polls. . . . There is not a Democrat who can say, ‘I was not part of the spending explosion that threatens you and your country.’ It’s the one thing they can’t defend themselves against. They don’t want to stop spending.”
Mr. Norquist sums the matter up: “The big issue, and people know this, is the explosion of federal spending that is damaging our economy and threatening our future.”
Gov. Perdue seems to recognize this as she tries to create a budget without extending the temporary sales tax. I offered some free advice in the
Winston-Salem Journal.
