Krempasky @ RedState.org has the story:

According to a source on Capitol Hill, Majority Whip Roy Blunt has warmed significantly to Operation Offset and huddled with a group of RSC members yesterday in support of pushing many of their proposals to reign in federal spending. While the Medicare Rx benefit and the highway earmarks appear to be off the table, much seems to be on.

Blunt ought to be encouraged and praised for being the first member of Leadership to admit tacitly that his team screwed up by attacking the RSC and to commit seriously to finding specific offsets.


As is speculated in the post’s comments, perhaps the fact that Washington is on a Tom Delay death watch may have something to do with the sudden moves to make nice.