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JENNIFER RUBIN: Does Obama Support 6000 Earmarks? Blogger Guy Benson reminds us that Obama not s?

By Glenn Reynolds

JENNIFER RUBIN: Does Obama Support 6000 Earmarks?

Blogger Guy Benson reminds us that Obama not so long ago spoke out on the subject of earmarks. In 2009 Obama grudgingly signed a $410 billion omnibus spending bill filled with earmarks but vowed, “This piece of legislation must mark an end to the old way of doing business and the beginning of a new era of responsibility and accountability that the American people have every right to expect and demand.”

If he was serious then, wouldn’t it behoove the president, as he makes a play to recapture independent voters, to issue a veto threat? Otherwise, the Republicans will surely claim the high ground on the issue of fiscal discipline and try now or in January to nix the pork.

Indeed.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on December 15, 2010 (boomark / email).