The Wall Street Journal is, rightly so, not impressed by Republican congressman Jerry Lewis, chairman of the House appropriations committee. Read the whole thing, but note, in particular, this:

“A category five political storm is building in GOP precincts around the country, and it is going to blow Republicans right out of the majority in November if they don’t soon give their supporters some reason to re-elect them. So far this year they’ve passed limits on free speech that liberals love, but they haven’t been able to extend the wildly successful 2003 tax cuts by even a mere two years. And now they won’t even allow a vote on budget reforms that their own President and a majority of their own Members support. “

It’s impossible to disagree.