It's interesting to note that in George W. Bush's State of the Union address there was no mention of "Osama bin Laden"; "Mullah Omar" of the Taliban, who is still at large; "Israel Palestineine"; "fiscal responsibility"; "balanced" or "balanced budget"; "debt"; "environment" or "environmental"; "Democrat" or "Democrats" (although he did use "bipartisan" once).
But such speculation, while inevitable, should not overtake the larger, important message that fiscal responsibility should be a requirement for anyone elected to lead the city.
The motto of the Tea Party Patriots, a large coalition of groups, is "fiscal responsibility, limited government, and free markets".
The back-and-forth between the Bush and Gore campaigns about tax cuts, spending and fiscal responsibility reflected a larger aim: each candidate wants to be seen as the more prudent steward of the economy, an issue forever at the top of many voters' concerns.
The Republican Party has long claimed to be the champion of business, large and small, and an advocate for fiscal responsibility.
Reagan raised corporate taxes by 120 billion dollars, hiked up gasoline taxes, and in 1982 signed the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act, still the largest tax increase in American history.
Republicans today prefer to forget that Ronald Reagan signed into law 11 major tax increases, including the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982, the largest peacetime tax increase in American history.
And a surprisingly large number of Romney's policy proposals would blatantly benefit Solamere and big Romney donors, including proposals that undermine fiscal responsibility, government accountability and common sense.
Fiscal responsibility is of great importance.
This included the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982, which remains the largest tax increase in history.
At a news conference, Ms. Marois dismissed Mr. Charest's assertions of fiscal responsibility and charged that his government was hiding a large budget deficit.
