Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) — on the short list of contenders for the GOP’s presidential nomination in 2012 — has an explanation for why the deficit exploded under George W. Bush. And it’s not the massive Bush tax cuts, which Daniels helped shepherd as Bush’s director of the OMB.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=116314