Spending under a Congress and White House controlled by one party is a definite risk, Bucco. But I would find it difficult to believe that uncontrolled spending could be any worse than during the last eight years. I won't even bother to begin to recite examples.

I would be very inclined to support the candidate that pledged to reinstate PayGo and veto any spending bill that would result in any further increase in the federal deficit. McCain came closest to saying this in his acceptance speech. But he only said that he would let the public know which members of Congress were responsible for offensive spending amendments or earmarks. But he parsed his words carefully to not commit to actually veto'ing such legislation. Drat!