The Corner

by Walter Alarkon - 07/21/08 9:11 AM ET

Barack Obama, who once talked about the “58 states,” again showed that he shouldn’t be talking extemporaneously, as he said that he’d be dealing with foreign leaders for the next “eight to 10 years,” writes Victor Davis Hanson. The Republican-led government during President Bush’s terms is guilty of domestic overspending that exceeds the spending rate under President Reagan and creates pressure to allow the Bush tax cuts to expire, writes Peter Robinson, who has a spending chart.

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