Why the Republicrats in Washington must be voted out.

This is why most of the Republicans currently in Congress have to go. They do not have the ability to make a painful stand for what is right. Senator Bunning made a principled stand and the majority of his co-party-ests fled the scene.

Senator Bunning used parliamentary trick to hold up a bill that the Democrats created via their own rules trick. The ruling Democrat party couldn't find a way to pay for this relatively tiny $1 Billion dollar program, so they delayed it until it could be passed using "emergency" rules. Because in Washington, if you cannot pay for a government program, you merely have to wait until it is close to expiring, which constitutes an "emergency", and all requirements that you pay for the thing are magically lifted! Hmm, I think I would like to try this myself... Except I do not relish the idea of the Sheriff knocking on my door in order to evict me.

Both the Democrats and the Republicans are equally at fault. The Democrats are at fault for exceeding their expected tax and spend behavior, going to just plain old spend because they have nearly taxed the economy to death. The Republicans are at fault for hypocritically failing to stand against the Tax and Spend Democrats and even joining with them in their worse excesses.

The only real answer is for the American People to provide the appropriate feedback, and "throw the bums out" come election time. This means wholesale support of Third Party candidates, and support of those very few party politicians who's actions not merely words are representative of common sense fiscal responsibility. If you do not know if your representative is worthy of re-election or not, then the answer is not, simply because anyone who makes a principled stand in Washington DC will be pilloried in the press, just like Senator Bunning.