Yeah, that’s why we’re losing seats to, um, conservative Dems in solid red districts. Not the fact the GOP has lost credibility on controlling out of control spending. It must be that Congress hasn’t spent enough tax-payer dollars.

Inside the meeting, Davis had just presented his colleagues with what he said was a 20-page memo outlining his prescription for a way out of this mess. He did not offer details to the press, yet did not spare the party and the president scathing criticism in his public comments.

“The president swallows the microphone every time he opens his mouth,” Davis said.

He believes Bush’s staunch opposition to the Democratic housing bill and the SCHIP bill, for example, is hurting rank and file. Look at yesterday’s vote on the SPRO, where Republicans defied the president in droves. Lo and behold, the White House says today that it will not veto the bill.

Today is also the day when the House takes up the farm bill, which the president has promised to veto. It’s expected that this will become the second veto of Bush’s administration to be overridden — though the farm bill has more of a parochial dynamic than the national political one.

The stupid stick called. It wants to apologize for severely beating Rep. Davis.

There’s a good reason why Davis won’t blame it on the out-of-control pork spending. As Slublog discovers, Davis’ name is attached to $48 million in earmarks. He’s not going to let go of his pork money when he can blame GOP losses in conservative districts on Republicans not being liberal enough.