This report is not kind to republicans at all IMO when it comes to spending if you really look at the numbers. Based on total spending President Clinton was the real savings hawk over all the Presidents of the last 40 years. Argue what you want about the issues of morality but from the standpoint of spending control based on CBO numbers we need Clinton back in office and yes I know he had other warts too.
The numbers really present a hard irony for those who are conservative by politics and economics and tend to vote republican. Good people who are especially fiscally conservative need to step up and send a hard message to Washington DC or this problem will only get worse.
Also the Cato Institute, who produced this report, is not some George Soros, Michael Moore, MoveOn.Org, democratic underground deal but in fact a longtime noted ThinkTank in Washington with Conservative to Libertarian policies and positions.