Wednesday, January 23, 2008,6:23 AM
A Path To Victory
But will the GOP here in Virginia blow it again?

The people speak:
Cut transportation funding, poll says
The Roanoke Times

Richmond -- Boosting taxes or tapping the state's "rainy day" reserve fund is not the way a majority in a new statewide poll wants the state's strained budget to be reconciled.

Fifty-six percent of those questioned in a Christopher Newport University survey said they prefer that the General Assembly and Gov. Tim Kaine slash state spending to offset a projected revenue shortfall.

When asked what they would cut first, 55 percent of the 700 registered voters questioned said it should be transportation funding, the legislature's signature achievement last year. (link)
That's debatable, of course. All the experts (no, that does not include the crowd at the Washington Post) tell us we are in desperate need of cash to improve the roads up in northern Virginia. So be it.

But the fact that the people of Virginia know full well what's going on in Richmond with the mushrooming budget should provide a wake-up call. They want the profligate spending to stop.

Republicans - especially those in the off-the-reservation senate - should take heed. This remains a path to victory.

Let the Democrats talk about raising taxes again.
 
posted by Jerry Fuhrman
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