Thirteen months after a wave of voter discontent propelled Raul Labrador to Congress, the first-term lawmaker is suffering from, well, discontent. “I knew it was hard for politicians to make tough decisions,” the Republican Labrador said in a profile in Sunday’s Statesman. “I didn’t realize how hard.” The past 13 months has been an education for us all — for Labrador, for his 1st Congressional District constituents, and for anyone worried about the direction the country is going. But will Labrador be part of the solution, or part of the problem? When it comes to the toughest decisions facing Congress — how to attack the nation’s spiraling deficit — Labrador hasn’t been a problem-solver/Idaho Statesman. More here.

Question: Is Labrador part of the solution to the deficit mess or part of the problem?