Maybe the blue dogs are starting to get it

This is more of what the Democratic Party needs. Not the socialistic ideas the party leaders like Obama, Reid and Pelosi have now.

Blue Dog Democrats on Tuesday introduced legislation to add a balanced-budget amendment to the Constitution.

The legislation would require the federal government to pay down the national debt — which is over $12 trillion — and balance the budget by 2020. This year’s budget deficit is projected to be $1.6 trillion.

“Talking about paying down the debt and balancing the budget is easy,” Blue Dog Co-Chairman Jim Matheson (D-Utah) said in a statement. “It’s where the rubber meets the road that Congress has fallen short.”

The amendment would require Congress to produce a balanced budget every fiscal year, and require the president to submit a balanced budget in an annual address to Congress.

They can propose a balanced budget amendment all they want but I seriously doubt the communists running their party will even broach the idea. This is something the Republicans should hook onto and support with the Blue Dog Democrats. There are more Blue Dogs and Republicans than there are wacko leftists in Congress.