Convenient Conservativism

How duplicitous and downright appalling it is of the Republicans to be turning the fiscal conservative cheeks our way as they sit in opposition. The same people that presided or idled quietly while their party waged the eight most fiscally irresponsible years in our history. Now they rail at the idea of big spending by the new administration; left with no choice because of the mess it's inherited. Since when is a tax cut any less of a deficit maker than a spending increase? Plus, any intro economics textbook will tell you that the multiplier effect for spending increases is greater than it is for tax cuts. The Republicans need to sit down and shut up or President Obama should be forgiven for putting off his dream of coalition government. The arrogance of the Republican Party is astounding.