But Bishop and the GOP in the Senate said all along that the 07 budget could be balanced through cuts alone.  

They succeeded.  

And the things that were pushed off until the future can be addressed starting next week.  With months between now and the next fiscal year there's time for real and substantive reforms to be enacted.  Reforms that just weren't feasible in FY2007.

Nope, we don't live in a perfect world, but lets not toss the baby out with the bathwater.

The Denver Broncos entered Superbowl XXXII against the Green Bay Packers 17 point underdogs and they pulled it off, 31 to 24.  They didn't shut them out and in the fourth quarter players started dropping like flies in the Broncos defensive secondary.  

It wasn't perfect and it wasn't always pretty but it was a win... an upset win.  And boy was it worth celebrating.

So's this.