Right On The Right

Senator Jim DeMint has been pushing the earmark moratorium in the Senate, and the movement for responsible government has gained a little steam. Even Barack Obama, who abused the earmark system, was supporting the moratorium. It wasn't enough. Last night's vote on the moratorium failed badly, and the Senate obviously doesn't want to give up pork:

WASHINGTON — The Senate rejected calls from both parties' presidential candidates to take an election-year break from pork-barrel spending as a Democratic-run Congress pushed budget plans that would torpedo hundreds of billions of dollars in tax cuts won by President Bush.

John McCain, the GOP nominee-to-be, couldn't attract even a majority of Senate Republicans to vote with him Thursday night behind the earmark moratorium touted by party conservatives as a way to restore the GOP's credibility with voters.

It failed on a 71-29 vote. Only three Democrats joined with Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama in voting for it.

First off, this vote shows that our Congress doesn't want to be a responsible steward of our tax dollars, but that shouldn't surprise anyone. I don't understand why John McCain gets slammed while they don't "attack" Hillary and Barack for their failure to sway Democrats. They were just supporting this moratorium for political expediency anyways, so I can't be surprised that they weren't zealous campaigners for it.