“The debt ceiling is a gut-check time for all Republicans on spending and size of government,” said Alex Conant, spokesman for former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty. “Apparently, Gov. Romney is still checking his gut to figure out where he should stand.”
Romney aides say such attacks aren’t fair. Mr. Romney signed the “Cut, Cap and Balance Pledge,” sponsored by more than 100 tea-party and other conservative groups. It says the debt ceiling, now at $14.29 trillion, must not be raised unless it is accompanied by substantial and immediate spending cuts, caps on federal spending and a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution that requires a congressional super-majority for tax increases…
Pressed for a comment on the debt-ceiling issue, Romney campaign spokeswoman Andrea Saul forwarded a statement that said, “President Obama is responsible for frightening new levels of federal spending and deficits.…A vote on raising the debt ceiling has to be accompanied by a major effort to restructure and reduce the size of government.” That quotation dates to April.
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