Naming my commentary “Spending” is sure to turn off readers because it is not a “sexy” name that draws attention.  So, for those of you who decided to read this post, thank you.

Looks like some other folks are noticing how candidates will say and do anything to get elected and doing the opposite of what they promised.

In Sunday’s Daily Inter Lake, Managing Editor Frank Miele wrote a column he calls, “Blue dogs or dead dogs?”

It’s a good read and you can see the whole column HERE.

Some highlights:

Tester ran his campaign in 2006 on the basis that he would represent Montana, not the moneyed interests and K Street lobbyists.  In a debate with his opponent, Conrad Burns, in 2006, Tester said, “It’s time for a change in Washington, D.C.  This election really isn’t about Democrats and Republicans.  In reality, it’s about Montana vs. Washington, D.C.”

But if it’s not about Democrats vs. Republicans, then why does Sen. Tester vote with Senate Democrats nearly 92 percent of the time?  He promised he would not be like Sen. Burns, whom he accused of being part of a Congress that spends money “like a drunken sailor,” so why did he support the stimulus bill and the health-care bill?

But this next paragraph kind of puts it all in perspective:

The words he used against Conrad Burns in 2006 can and should now be used against him: “You cannot make the claim that you’re not a borrower and spender, because you are.  We’re passing an incredible debt to our kids.”

Thanks for increasing that debt on my kids (two or three fold), Senator Tester.  Tester’s campaign statements are coming back to haunt him and he’s still well over two years out from his election.

Those statements are incredible to read now since this Congress and Administration has spent more money than any previous Administration and Congress in history – and that’s only after a couple of years.

I mentioned a few weeks ago that many incumbents, if they were animals, would be placed on the Endangered Species list.  If you are an incumbent and a Democrat you might as well start making plans for another career – especially if you jam the health care bill through into law, which seems to be what the democrats are going to do this week – because they know better what I need.

Since the Democrats, like Tester, have outdone the Republicans in putting us into more debt, after promising to stop the spending, the Republicans should have the advantage in 2010 and 2012.  The big question will be if the voters can believe the Republicans when they promise to become fiscally conservative again.  Maybe a few years in the minority has taught them a lesson.