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@AlexNowrasteh You are flat out wrong. Just look at the projected deficits before the 1994 election.The GOP made Clinton cave on welfare,tax— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
I see the Hill has a piece on GOP women leaning on Trump to name a woman as his VP choice, given Clinton's lock on the Dem nomination.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
I am rather curious that Gov. Susana Martinez' (R-NM) name hasn't surfaced in recent posts, when a year or two ago, her name was mentioned.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
Of course, Sarah Palin is available, although my impression is that Trump might name her as his Energy Secretary. It would be entertaining.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
I don't think that Donald Trump would want his VP upstaging him, so Palin is definitely not in the mix. People keep floating Condi Rice.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
I'm pretty sure Condi Rice is not on Trump's short list. She has deep ties with the Bush camp & Trump has spent the campaigning bashing Bush— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
Not to mention Condi Rice, who is a policy expert on Russia, doesn't share Trump's open admiration for the Russian strongman Putin.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
@AlexNowrasteh Don't play the DC budget game of calling cuts in planned increases real cuts. Boehner cut deals to bust caps on DoD spending.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
@AlexNowrasteh Let us point out that the base you're referencing is from a record spending level (except WWII) relative to GDP.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
@AlexNowrasteh Well, keep in mind some of that related to slower recession-related spending. It was an artifact of economic recovery.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
@AlexNowrasteh Nope. The 1997 budget agreement cut spending and taxes--during an expansionary period--and balanced the budget.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
@AlexNowrasteh You keep ignoring the fact that spending ran to an all-time high relative to GDP. Look at the spending base in 2006.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
@AlexNowrasteh Nope. The GOP under Clinton/early Bush had budget surpluses. Only deficits under Obama/Boehner.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
@AlexNowrasteh Actual spending in FY2006 was $2.7T with a deficit of $423B. Under Speaker Boehner, the national debt went up $4T.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
@AlexNowrasteh You have to go back to the dynamics of the 1990's. Clinton was at war with Gingrich. The 1997 deal yielded cuts, surplus.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
@AlexNowrasteh We need to talk about opportunity costs. Granted, Obama is a spendaholic and managed to reinstate Clinton tax hikes.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
@AlexNowrasteh But I argue that a more principled conservative would have made better deals than Boehner did. Fiscal hawks pushed Boehner.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
@AlexNowrasteh But Boehner didn't actually cut ANYTHING. At most, he pushed back on spending increases.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
@AlexNowrasteh I'm linking an old 1998 Cato piece that makes the point. And I'm making a similar point here. https://t.co/c9PALGlCKH— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
@AlexNowrasteh Yes, the Gingrich surplus had more to do with Clinton's tax increases than austerity, Moore's point. But the same for Boehner— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
@AlexNowrasteh We'll have to wait and see under Ryan. I'm still concerned the Defense hawks will cut deals with Dem social spenders.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
@AlexNowrasteh The national debt grew each year under Boehner. Not after the 1997 budget deal (except for SSA). Boehner never did a 97 deal— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
@AlexNowrasteh The 1997 deal CUT both taxes and spending AND eliminated the deficit. Under Boehner, taxes increased and the public debt grew— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
@AlexNowrasteh Much of the Gingrich cuts were of an artificial kind, like automated cuts to Medicaid providers with annual doc fix— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
@AlexNowrasteh The larger point is, though, is the leveling off of expenditures didn't have much to do with Boehner's alleged austerity.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
I'm sure many readers may have noticed the little debate I've been having with Cato Institute's immigration analyst, Nowrasteh, over Boehner— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
There really is an implicit debate going on behind the Boehner kerfuffle. Much of what I've seen from Alex parallels Dylan Matthews/VOX— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
Barry Obama and his propagandists have been making this absurd argument that Obama has been the most fiscally conservative POTUS in decades.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
As I write, the national debt stands at just under $19.2T, approaching $9T from the day Obama was sworn in. We are running a $500B deficit— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
The rest is publicly held debt, which has gone from about $6.3T to $13.8T. The public debt increase is way more than Bush's entire debt.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
Keep in mind that most of the 2007 recession was on Bush's watch, and he also had a post-Nasdaq/9-11 recession and 2 wars.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
@AlexNowrasteh No, it didn't.Boehner was pushed by GOP hawks--who wanted a hell of a lot more.Boehner was making deals to overcome sequester— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
@AlexNowrasteh I will grant that spendaholic Obama has had his hands tied the last 6 years. Obama's budget: DOA. Spending up $1T since 2006.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
@AlexNowrasteh This is sort of like arguing that a fat man eating 5000 calories a day but hasn't gone beyond that is on a successful diet.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
@DvnRoberts This is economically clueless Keynesian bullshit. Just look at the forgotten Depression after WWI. Harding cut spending.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
@DvnRoberts You're just making bullshit up. No, corrupt political spending is not a magic mushroom. Interventionism has ALWAYS failed.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
By the way, in comparing Bush to Obama, I am by no means exonerating Bush or playing partisan politics. I have written numerous criticisms.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
@DvnRoberts Crackpot bullshit. Anyone thinking that FDR didn't actually prolong the Depression is an idiot lacking intellectual integrity.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
@DvnRoberts The fact is taxes and spending come at the expense of the private economy. Political whores virtuous spenders of others' money?— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
@AlexNowrasteh Well, a first step is to stop eating more. But it doesn't mean the diet is healthy.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
@DvnRoberts You crackpot morally corrupt fascists are overly dramatic. We're now done.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
@DvnRoberts Just like other money: providing value to the consumer in voluntary transactions, vs. parasitic Statists like yourself.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
I don't know what the heck is going on Indiana. 3 polls in RCP: one shows Trump +2, another has Trump +9, a third has Cruz +16.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
What I'm more worried about is a new national IBD polls putting Trump at 48. I know CNN had one weeks ago with Trump at 49.Bandwagon effect?— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 29, 2016
@Loyal2Trump2016 I looked up the poll; fairly small size,13% undecided. Trump is losing female votes big time. It could explain Fiorina.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 30, 2016
@Loyal2Trump2016 Cruz is publicizing the 2-pt. poll. I don't know how the Pence endorsement plays. My guess: the womancard thing hurt Trump.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 30, 2016
Everybody loves Donald Trump. #NotGreatTVShows— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 30, 2016
Trump is slowly picking up endorsements with 2 former House committee chairs, but only 11 of 300 Congressional Republicans.Cruz trumps Trump— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 30, 2016
Cruz dwarfs both Kasich and Trump in each category of endorsements: Congressmen, Senators, and Governors (cf. 538). Everybody hates Cruz?— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 30, 2016
Since Trump seems to love bashing Cruz on his limited support in Congress, it's only fair to ask other rich people and business executives.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 30, 2016
A US News column identified only 3 backing Trump (with vested interests). My favorite: Trump "has a kindergartner-level view of economics."— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 30, 2016
It must be "fun" working for Trump. Right after his new campaign manager suggested that Trump has been playing a role, Trump says "I am me."— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 30, 2016
So when Trump's campaign manager suggests it's all a work, and heel Trump with his kayfabe insults is about to turn babyface, grain of salt.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 30, 2016
Everybody KNOWS and has an opinion of Trump by now. First, if he swerves his base & it becomes clear he used them, he is going to have heat— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 30, 2016
But a large chunk of #NeverTrump will go for Hillary, and others like me will go third party. The Trump voters will live with the outcome.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 30, 2016
If you go to pro-Trump Drudge or Breitbart, you will find all sorts of pipedreams that Trump is going to beat Hillary Clinton like baby seal— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 30, 2016
I'm sure that Trump has this delusion Sanders' followers will be attracted by his similar economic nationalist policies.No: he's a plutocrat— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 30, 2016
Crowder Rants to Protesting SJW'sAfter a much tighter and bitter race in 2008, few Clinton supporters crossed over and voted for McCain. McCain's VP pick was aimed at them.— Ronald Guillemette (@raguillem) April 30, 2016
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