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Feb 04 2008
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On Super Tuesday, Why Not Romney

Mitt Romney is not a small government conservative.

When looking at candidates who will be able to carry the mantle of Goldwater and Reagan, you can simply look over Mitt Romney.  Here’s a small smattering of reasons why:

Romney’s health care plan in Taxachusetts was more like socialized medicine, and is costing his state. 

..it is hard to portray yourself as the ideological heir to Ronald Reagan when your health-care plan is virtually indistinguishable from the one proposed by Hillary Clinton.

On President Reagan and the 1980s:

“I was an independent during the time of Reagan/Bush.  I’m not trying to return to Reagan/Bush.” (in his own words at 2:32)

On affirmative action:

“There’s nothing we’re trying to eliminate. We’re only trying to build upon what’s been done in the past with a new, more effective effort in increasing the number and the percentage of people from all backgrounds and ethnic heritages in state government.”

On taxes:

…Romney increased annual state fees by $500 million as governor and proposed two corporate tax increases totaling close to $400 million a year.

On gun control:

Supported assault weapons ban and Brady bill.

Romney has flipped, flopped and flipped again.  The issues he’s gone back and forth on aren’t just small government issues (his stances on abortion and gay rights have gone back and forth).  How can small government conservatives believe that this candidate will support our values?  Based on past practice, I just can’t trust him to do that.

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Jun 05 2007
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Why Small Government?

When you look at the group of GOP Presidential contenders, you’ll be hard pressed to find a candidate that epitomizes true small government values.  Mitt Romney is famous for socializing health care in Taxachusetts, Rudolph Giuliani has stood for government funded abortions, and Newt Gingrich wants a national health care database.   All of these examples are completely at odds with traditional conservatism.  With Fred Thompson coming into the race, and John McCain still standing, there is some hope for small government conservatives, however, neither are traditional conservative standard bearers (McCain’s budget hawking keeps him in my good graces).  Will someone else come out of the woodwork so the Goldwater/Reagan flame can be passed on, or will one of the aforementioned front-runners show that they can be trusted for cutting taxes and the size of government? 

 I’m so excited to have a forum like this during this very intriguing time for the Republican Party.  We have a chance to move away from the neoconservative/large government model that the Bush administration has put into play (i.e. Leave No Child Behind, War in Iraq) and move to a smaller, more efficient government that puts the focus on the states and the individuals.

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