Way, way back in 1994, Newt Gingrich complained vigorously about a Democrat-controlled Congress's fiscal irresponsibility. Representative Gingrich led a successful campaign by Republicans to takeover House and Senate in the 1994 Election. At the core of the Republican game plan was the Contract with America, a key element of which was the Fiscal Responsibility Act, in which Gingrich promised:  A balanced budget/tax limitation amendment and a legislative line-item veto to restore fiscal responsibility to an out-of-control Congress, requiring them to live under the same budget constraints as families and businesses.That was then. Republicans failed to deliver on most of the Contract's promises.This is now. Failure to deliver is the least of Republicans' worries if Gingrich's GOP nomination bid gains traction."We must stop the irresponsible spending," Gingrich wrote in an email to supporters. So he is again complaining about Washington's fiscal madness. But there's a slimy...(Read Full Post)