Mike Pence's principles

The Loveland paper reports on a top House Republican's visit to to the town:

The chairman of the House Republican Study Committee and U.S. Representative for Indiana’s 6th Congressional District, Pence heads a group of more than 100 members of the House of Representatives who want to advance a social and economic conservative agenda in the House.

Pence, who says he has fought the rising tide of Republican Congressional spending, will speak Friday to about 300 Larimer County Republicans at the Lincoln Day Dinner.

The spending junkies want your vote because spending is real hard work:

Congress is spending at twice the rate of inflation, he says. He rattles off statistics to prove how spending has spiraled out of control.

So the strategy is for Republicans to run against themselves and their own records in order to keep their hold on power. For instance:

Pence also said he wanted to come to Fort Collins to support U.S. Rep. Marilyn Musgrave.

“There is no other member of Congress I have seen emerge more quickly or take a more consistent, principled stance than Marilyn Musgrave,” Pence said.

I guess it makes sense he's all for Marilyn Musgrave, whose I'm no Marilyn Musgrave campaign is still looking for its laughtrack.