Talking about spending is one way to create that distance.

As I've written before, we sometimes worry too much about medical spending.

Today he still had harsh words about Republican military spending.

"What's going to lead companies to really think more aggressively about new spending?"

"Now, if they cut my income tax to 50 percent, then I might think about spending," he added.

Listen, I'm running against a man who's going to define the history books about big spending.

"Questions about school quality and spending are no longer confined to central city schools."

The rest of the country is worried more about spending than revenue.

I like the fact that he wants to do something about spending.

Coming home from a trip paid for in cash, our decisions about spending were behind us.