Whole Hog Politics: Reality bites Republicans’ budget happy talk 

On the menu: Free fallin’; The caves of Rome; Louisiana Senate race gets hot for Cassidy; Omaha sends a warning sign to GOP; Bessent can’t boogie    Pollsters for The Wall Street Journal asked voters whether they thought there was enough waste, fraud and abuse in federal spending that Washington could balance the budget by eliminating those things.Fifty-three percent said yes. When it comes to just fraud and abuse, there’s some serious money to be had &