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Opening Arguments

Cut, he said

Yep:

Haley Barbour said Monday he is willing to compromise when it comes to setting the final budget of his eight-year tenure as governor.

[. . .]

"But I cannot agree to where the House is. I said this to somebody the other day, 'No budget is better than a bad budget.'"

And gridlock is better than adding to government. And voting out "moderate conservatives" so they can figure out who they really are is better than leaving people in who have the right label but get squeamish when anybody says "cut." Some governors -- like Barbour and Daniels and Christie -- get that more than the people we send to Washington.

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