Budget Flame-Out

Oh man. Bush has not only lost his political "capital", he's lost everyone else's as well.

If there is a God (he, she or it) is past saying and moved onto screaming: "Take The HINT!"

House Budget Measure Is Pulled: "House Republican leaders were forced to abruptly pull their $54 billion budget-cutting bill off the House floor yesterday, amid growing dissension in Republican ranks over spending priorities, taxes, oil exploration and the reach of government.

A battle between House Republican conservatives and moderates over energy policy and federal anti-poverty and education programs left GOP leaders without enough votes to pass a budget measure they had framed as one of the most important pieces of legislation in years. Across the Capitol, a moderate GOP revolt in the Senate Finance Committee forced Republicans to postpone action on a bill to extend some of President Bush's most contentious tax cuts."