On the homepage, Bob Costa and I look at how Republicans put their intraparty squabbling aside (See: here, here, and here) to take a unified stand behind Paul Ryan’s 2012 budget:

Ryan tells National Review Online that the vote “shatters conventional Beltway wisdom” about the new Republican majority. “There is a remarkable sense of unity in this conference, as evidenced by the vote,” he says. “This budget represents the most optimistic vision of this country’s future ever put forward by either party — a budget that affirms the exceptional promise of our nation.”
Indeed, for Republicans, and for party leadership in particular, it was a promising departing note following a rather inauspicious last few days that began with new revelations about the “continuing resolution” that was recently negotiated by House Speaker John Boehner (R., Ohio), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D., Nev.), and the White House.

Read the whole thing here.