Foreign aid has taken some hits is the recent Congressional budgets. And it’s definitely vulnerable in the looming debates around debt ceiling and the FY12 budget. But, on the whole, Congress and President Obama have been pretty moderate in making the cuts. And there has been only a little of the mindless bashing that sometimes […]

Foreign aid has taken some hits is the recent Congressional budgets. And it’s definitely vulnerable in the looming debates around debt ceiling and the FY12 budget.

But, on the whole, Congress and President Obama have been pretty moderate in making the cuts. And there has been only a little of the mindless bashing that sometimes passes for reasoned debate around foreign assistance.

Yet, that détente may be falling as the election heats up. A leading indicator is the heated – and closely-watched – special election today in upstate New York. The Democratic candidate has come out for cutting aid to Pakistan and “every other country that doesn’t support us.”

Ugggh. Didn’t expect that to come from a Democrat in New York.

H/T to Molly Kinder @ CGD.

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