He says things like this (at a guest post at the Porkbusters site):

So why has my party, the party of small government, lately adopted the practices of our opponents who believe the bigger the government the better? I'm afraid it's because at times we value our incumbency more than our principles. We came to office to reduce the size of government. Lately, we have increased the size of government in order to stay in office. The editors of National Review have argued -- and I agree with them -- that unless Republicans curb government spending by reforming the budget process, we may lose our majorities in the House and Senate. I will go one step further and say that if Republicans do not reform our budget process, we will deserve to lose our majorities.

He's doing alot of positioning lately, trying to distance himself from the republicans while reaching out to 'core constituants'. Here he is reaching out to the fiscal conservatives (are there any left?), and others who are just sick of the gluttony in congress. For people like me, the crisis is urgent. If congress does not choose to increase medical research funding, I will have to find another job, it's pretty simple. When only the top 5-10% of scientists in the world (since the world's best scientists are here in the U.S., and many or most are not citizens) are getting funding, I have just about a zero chance. America and politicians talk a good game about science education, and scientific research, but unless they actually support these with money, there is no way things will get better.