What this country needs is a good five-cent cigar and a balanced budget amendment

GOP congressional candidate Jon Runyan announced his support for a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution, and proposed requiring a two-third supermajority of both the House and Senate to pass any tax increase and "a 'Red Ink Taskforce' that would be charged with a thorough review of all federal spending."

“The excessive spending by career politicians in Washington has reached an unsustainable level,” said Runyan.

What's unsustainable is the excessive rhetoric from career politician wannabees.