Republicans Love Tax Cuts, But Love Spending Even More

Diane Black's political problem — conservatives' political problem — is America's political problem: Tax cuts are popular, and spending cuts are not. Representative Black (R., Tenn.) has been chairman of the House Budget Committee for about a year, and she's enjoyed the experience so much that she's . . . trying to get the hell out of Washington, hoping to head to Nashville as Tennessee's next governor. (She declined to comment on the gubernatorial race.) It is difficult to blame her for not wanting to cling to that gavel: Running the House Budget Committee is kind of a stupid job ...