call from all the politicians. thomas in new mexico. the tea party of which i am a proud member may not be the only group to put pressure on these big spending politicians, but it sure doesn t hurt. the more the better. how can democrats push to increase the debt ceiling to keep spending? they didn t even deliver a budget back in october of 2010 when it was due. susan in alabama, no. but it is the long term answer to getting the lunatic fringe out of the gop so they can be a respectable political party again some day. in the short term, it will help democrats in 2012. and in that respect i m all for it. pat in virginia says, yeah, it s about time that someone stood up and said enough is enough. these folks seem to be serious about cutting. now we ll see if the rest of our congress is brave enough to take a position. at least maybe we can force them to take votes on these things and show whether or not they re for more and more spending.