Those of you who pinned your balanced budget hopes on the Democrats are pleased to be sitting down and shutting up now. Of course, Democrats are supposed to be the tax-and-spend party, so this isn't much of a surprise. All that bleating about balancing budgets confused me for awhile, I guess.

Hey, at least their ethics package is moving along smartly. Oh... wait...

I mean, changing ethics rules and overhauling budget priorities was part of their mandate, right?

Via Instapundit.