Club for Growth opposes House Republican budget

Well, so much for that. Rep. Paul Ryan's budget, given the go-ahead by House Republican leadership, is first and foremost a political statement, since no one could be deluded enough to think it would pass in the Senate or be signed by President Obama. As a political statement, it is largely intended to be extreme enough to garner the support of the nihilistic base, but not so extreme as to be "unserious."

On the second count, it's failed. But on the first? Yeah, it's failed.

The conservative Club for Growth on Wednesday came out against the new House Republican budget proposal authored by Rep Paul Ryan (R-Wis.). [...]

“Despite containing several important reforms and pro-growth policies, the Ryan Budget falls short in two critical respects. First, it does not balance for decades. Secondly, it violates the Budget Control Act by waiving the sequester,” said Club for Growth President Chris Chocola. [...]

“By waiving the automatic spending cuts required under the Budget Control Act, this budget is asking Americans to trust future Congresses to do the hard work later. It is hard to have confidence that our long-term fiscal challenges will be met responsibly when the same Congress that passed the Budget Control Act wants to ignore it less than one year later. On balance, the Ryan Budget is a disappointment for fiscal conservatives,” Chocola said.

So much for uniting the caucus. No wonder the the House has resorted to the war on women as the primary policy push. It's the one thing the entire party can agree on.