Paul Begala actually said...

If all of the $8 billion, $8 billion of earmarks in this bill, if they're eliminated, instead of a deficit of $1.3 trillion, we'll have a de...

Yes. I think any congressionally-directed spending is an earmark. Now I don't think all earmarks are bad at all, as long as they're transpar...

But when the Republicans had the House, the Senate and the White House they destroyed all of our fiscal discipline.

The Democratic Party is the party that balanced the budget the last time it was balanced. The Republicans haven't balanced the budget in ove...