Today: Iraq

[ShadowHM]

The reality is that there is a limited research budget. 

I thought the reality was that there is a limited budget - period.

The deficit is alarmingly large and getting larger. And the American taxpayer is not in much of a mood for tax increases.

This announcement still has me a tad baffled. Maybe I just don't get the psychology of it. Maybe the American taxpayer would swallow tax increases if they thought there was some pride thing in it for them along the 'Americans leading the way again' line? Maybe the notion is that all manner of other spending over-runs could be camoflaged by the 'new space race'?