Republicans Waver On Earmark Ban

This is an excellent example of why I doubt that Republican politicians are sincere in their newly rediscovered fiscal responsibility. I have little faith that they will actually take the hard steps necessary to reduce taxes AND spending... much less start paying down the national debt. When they were in the minority with few prospects for changing that, Republican politicians enacted a voluntary ban on earmarks and said they'd do a lot of fiscally responsible things. Now that it looks like they might regain the majority, they're vacillating already.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0910/42251.html

With their eyes on a House majority, Republicans are leaving the door open to allowing earmarks after a one-year party-imposed moratorium.

So cue the “bridge to nowhere” and “pork” rhetoric and fire up the angry press releases from fiscal watchdogs.

This close to the election, Republicans are all over the place on how they’ll handle earmarking as they are poised to ride an anti-spending wave to electoral victories.

So their resolve wavers even BEFORE they regain the majority? Huh.

And people wonder why I don't have faith that the Republicans will actually do better this time...