41. Some GOP deficit hawks warn against any revenue decreases right now. 42. Smith, a noted deficit hawk, is focusing his energy on reforming Social Security and working on the Budget Committee. 43. Still, a Reform Party nomination fight may make it easier for the deficit hawks of the radical middle to prosper in the future. 44. Speaker Newt Gingrich on Thursday undercut his deficit hawks, delighted his moderates, and began the greening of the Republican Party. 45. That mentality drives deficit hawks to abstraction. 46. The Concord Coalition, the deficit hawks who worry that the budget surplus will be squandered, is one interest group in town that does not see significant change. 47. The plan gained momentum when Dole, traditionally a deficit hawk, named vehement supply-sider Jack Kemp as his running mate. 48. The pols may respond by bringing their policies into line with popular opinion, which may entail becoming deficit hawks, as Neumann hopes. 49. This time around, deficit hawks and political operatives are on the same page. 50. To be sure, Yellen and other deficit hawks agree that it is temporarily appropriate for the government to spend more than it takes in during economic downturns. |