[Defend Liberty]

"Which pledge is most important... the pledge to uphold your oath to the Constitution of the United States or a pledge from a special interest group who claims to speak for all American conservatives when, in fact, they really don't?" Coburn asked.

If Coburn is adamant about upholding his pledge to the Constitution, then he should have no problem eliminating all Unconstitutional federal agencies and Unconstitutional federal program not in compliance with any of the enumerated powers in Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution! Doing so will dramatically reduce the size and cost of government. Otherwise he is as phony as the rest of the OP(aka GOP) and the RATs.

[Soul of the South]

The fix is in. In exchange for more empty promises for spending cuts, the Republicans will cave on the debt ceiling and higher marginal tax rates. Plus they will agree to end the mortgage deduction for what is left of the middle class.

Meanwhile, the corporate statist elites will continue to fiddle while Rome is burning.