A mumble, not a shout

Once I was finished reading the section devoted to spending discipline in the GOP’s “Pledge to America,” I couldn’t help but think to myself, “That’s a nice start, Rep. Boehner. So, what else ya’ got?”

I realize it’s probably not politically likely that someone who is hoping to become Speaker of the House would be eager to embrace a line-by-line accounting of all the programs the GOP might like to cut if given the chance. But that might even assume too much. Are we really sure Republicans are generally interested in scaling back the scope of government much at all?