The establishment GOP gave Bush a pass on his deficit spending at the time. Only the nascent Tea Party criticized him for it then. Hence I don't believe the e

The establishment GOP gave Bush a pass on his deficit spending at the time. Only the nascent Tea Party criticized him for it then. Hence I don't believe the establishment GOP anymore when they complain about Obama's deficit spending. One, it's self-serving not principled, and two, odds are if they win back power they'll deficit spend just like Bush and Obama, albeit while attempting to obfuscate it with artful accounting tricks (like spinning cutting ~$100B from the deficit over 10 years as a win). They had their chance. They blew it, big.