https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/12/10/dejection-2012/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 07:29:36 -0400<![CDATA[If elections are up-or-down assessments of politicians’ job performance, then this was a vote in favor of trillion-dollar annual deficits, bailout economics, and failing the minimum competence test of passing an annual budget. Federal policy for four years has produced lousy short-term results for the price of long-term insolvency, and now the characters responsible for this misgovernance have been given a pat on the head.]]>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:05:14 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/12/10/dejection-2012-n98166