<![CDATA[Brooks: GOP Spending Freeze Idea Is "Insane," Party Too Stuck On Reagan]]>

1.0 link 172838 <![CDATA[Brooks: GOP Spending Freeze Idea Is "Insane," Party Too Stuck On Reagan]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/03/08/brooks-gop-spending-freez_n_172838.html New York Times columnist David Brooks said on Sunday that it was "insane" for Republicans in Congress, including every GOP member of the House, to support a spending freeze in the middle of a recession.

Tying such proposals to an intellectual simplicity exhibited by Rush Limbaugh, the conservative scribe also said the party was too obsessed with pursuing the legacy of Ronald Reagan in a drastically different time.

"The problem with them and the problem with Limbaugh in terms of intellectual...

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