According to the latest Rasmussen Presidential Tracking Poll, Mike Huckabee is within three percentage points of Rudy Giuliani nationally:
If the current round of Huck-a-mania is nothing more than Mike Huckabee’s fifteen minutes of fame, the former Arkansas Governor is certainly making the most of it. Today, in the first full round of national polling completed since last week’s “debate” among Republican Presidential hopefuls, Huckabee has pulled to within three points of the frontrunning Rudy Giuliani. Heading into the debate, Giuliani led Huckabee by twelve.
Not only that, new polling data released today shows that Huckabee has pulled to within a single percentage point of Hillary Clinton in a general election match-up. Huckabee is also a frontrunner in Iowa and essentially tied for second in New Hampshire. Some pundits believe Huckabee’s numbers will surely go down as fast as they’ve gone up while others are beginning to consider the possibility that the bass-guitar playing Governor may become a serious contender for the Republican nomination.
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows Giuliani with 20% support nationwide while Huckabee attracts 17%. Fred Thompson is at 14%, John McCain at 13% and Mitt Romney at 11%. Ron Paul attracts 7% of Likely Republican Primary voters nationwide and no other Republican candidate reaches 2%
There are several caveats here. First of all, Rasmussen’s numbers have always seemed to be out of sync with other national polls and this may be just another example of that — and a sign of a flawed polling methodology. Secondly, the jump for Huckabee, and the decline for all the other first-tier candidates, is so substantial that it leads one to think that this may just be a statistical blip.
Nonetheless, Huckabee is getting a lot of press from his rise in the polls and this is only going to add to it.
December 3rd, 2007 at 5:34 pm
http://www.wvmetronews.com/index.cfm?func=displayfullstory&storyid=22381
That’s more important news than these lame polls shoved at us daily. It’s very promising for Huckabee and Ron Paul as it shows they are doing what it takes to get their man the nomination. There is some language in that article that, when added to past experiences with RP supporters, leads me to believe that he will win West Virginia. 45% “haven’t committed” to a candidate.
December 3rd, 2007 at 6:11 pm
I think what you’ll start to see in the coming days is the fiscal cons united behind one candidacy to ward off fiscally populist Huckabee. I’m already starting to see signs that this is happening at RedState.com and other conservative outlets.
The logical unity candidate is Giuliani. But Romney may benefit, as well.
Watch for less Rudy on Mitt and vice versa competition, and more critiques of Huckabee coming.
There’s no way the Club for Growthers will ever support someone like Huckabee. And most sane Republicans, even many Social Cons, know that.
December 3rd, 2007 at 6:12 pm
it is not a ’statistical blip’. the 17% number seems to be in line with the trend of these tracking polls.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_2008__1/daily_presidential_tracking_polling_history
December 3rd, 2007 at 6:13 pm
What’s ironic here, is that the more the Libertarian Party gets attention in the coming days and weeks, the better position Rudy is in. (Libertarian Presidential candidate Wayne Root was just on nationally-syndicated Michael Medved show.) The more my Republican friends are aware that for the first time the Libertarians have a serious contender like Root out there, who’s likely to steal a good percentage of the vote from the GOP if they go with a Social Con like Huckabee, the more they’ll start lining up with “libertarian lite” Rudy Giuliani.
So, as a Rudy supporter, I say Go Wayne Go!
December 3rd, 2007 at 6:57 pm
Oddly enough, Doug, Rasmussen’s polls tend to be closer to the final result than many others.
December 3rd, 2007 at 7:40 pm
Doug,
Cleanup on aisle 5, Dondero’s brain must be leaking if he still thinks Giuliani is libertarian-anything…
December 3rd, 2007 at 7:44 pm
Eric,
Actually, I think Huckabee and/or Romney are going to be the ones to benefit when people realize by the middle of January that the so-called Republican frontrunner hasn’t won a single primary.
And don’t get me started about how much this year’s LP fantasies sound so much like the predictions we heard back in 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004.
December 3rd, 2007 at 9:12 pm
Oh my God. I can’t believe this. Just hours ago I wrote the words above, and what has just happened?
The Nation’s Leading Fiscal Conservative gives his backing to Rudy Giuliani, now up at JoinRudy2008.com.
Grover Norquist, President of ATR, tells Rudy, he’s “best of all on taxes.”
Some may be tempted to say that I can see the future. Nah, just very good sometimes at predicting and gaming politics.
December 3rd, 2007 at 9:15 pm
Doug, if Romney benefits, that’s fine with me. I’m an equal opportunity supporter. I lean more Rudy, but I like Mitt too! Both are Northeasterners. And in my mind that’s the Numero Uno priority for a Republican Presidential Nominee. We NEED TO BE COMPETITIVE IN THE NORTHEAST!!!
Rudy most certainly can do it. Mitt shows signs he can do it, plus he brings us hope for his other home state of Michigan.
So, Rudy, Romney? Either one would be great!
December 3rd, 2007 at 10:50 pm
Eric,
Please tell me since you’re now a Multiple Choice Mitt fan, what’s libertarian about RomneyCare? What’s libertarian about Mitt’s gun grabbing? What’s libertarian about Mitt’s tax hiking?
As for Rudy, I can understand a vote for Rudy when faced with the choice of Tax Hike Mike and Rudy; but to describe as any kind of libertarian leaning is absurd. Even Ryan Sager isn’t trying to say Rudy’s any kind of libertarian.
As for being competitive in the northeast, Republicans need to first and foremost hold the country outside the Deep South before talking about being competitive in places that are a deep shade of blue in the Northeast.
December 3rd, 2007 at 10:53 pm
Doug,
Actually, Romney won’t be able to exploit this either because he probably won’t win a single primary himself by the middle of January. Tax Hike Mike will take Iowa and McCain will pull off the upset in New Hampshire. Rudy will probably beat a weakened Multiple Choice Mitt in Michigan so Rudy can have his win before Florida.
December 4th, 2007 at 8:58 am
Kevin, what?? Sager has been extremely complimentary of Rudy, and is a known supporter of his. In fact, he had an editorial just the other day saying Rudy was the clear “fiscally conservative/socially tolerant” choice.
Romney? One of the Nation’s all-time Greatest libertarian Republicans William Weld, has endorsed him. I love Weld! He practically put the word “libertarian Republican” on the map in the early 1990s. The entire libertarian movement owes him a serious debt of gratitude.
If Romney’s good enough for Bill Weld, he’s good enough for me.
(And don’t quote me on this, I’m not 100% sure, but I believe that libertarian State Senator Bob Hedlund of Mass. has also endorsed Romney.)
December 4th, 2007 at 9:01 am
Eric,
Just because establishment-types like Sager are bending over backwards to kiss Giuliani’s ring doesn’t mean that he’s anything close to being a libertarian.
The same goes for Romney. Have you actually looked at his record as Governor ? Need I mention his mandatory health care plan that looks more like something that would come from the mouth of Obama or Edwards than anyone who calls themselves a Republican ?
December 4th, 2007 at 12:22 pm
Sager? Establishment? Surely you jest.
Next you’ll be saying that that V for Vendetta guy is just an “establishment plant.”
Sager has been shaking things up in the GOP for 2 years now. He’s the author of that book that warned Republicans of too cozy a relationship with the Religious right. I’d hardly call that “Inside the Beltway.”
December 4th, 2007 at 12:24 pm
Eric,
When are you going to understand that I don’t care who endorses Giuliani ? I don’t like what the man stands for, and (after many years of living in the Metro NYC and seeing him operate) I don’t trust him.
I’m not going to vote for him and I’m not going to tell anyone else to vote for him
December 4th, 2007 at 12:25 pm
Well, the latest poll has Rudy down a few more points, tied with Huckabee nationwide. Congratulations are in order for all those Rudy bashers among the Radical and Anarchist Libertarian sets. Looks like your efforts have succeeded.
Now we’ll be stuck with a Baptist Preacher, fiscally liberal/socially conservative guy, who wants to raise our taxes while telling us how he’ll put it all to good use for God’s mission.
Great going there Radical Libertarians. You’ve managed to seriously shoot the entire libertarian movement in the foot.
Rudy wasn’t perfect, so you had to attack him more viciously than the others who are not even close to being libertarians.
And you wonder why they call us Losertarians.
December 4th, 2007 at 12:26 pm
As opposed to being stuck with an authoritarian who cares little for the Fourth Amendment and even less for the First ?
December 4th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
Doug, and thus we’ll be stuck with an Authoritarian President, either Hillary Clinton or Mike Huckabee. It’s almost like Libertarians like you want to lose. Almost like you’re puposely setting out to destroy all the positive efforts by committed hard-working libertarian activist such as myself.
I’ve long wondered if there isn’t something more sinister at work here.
The ‘V’ for Vendetta Libertarian crowd wants mainstream libertarians to lose. They don’t want us to succeed. And a Rudy Giuliani who is “libertarian lite” is their absolute worse nightmare.
If an Authoritarian like Hillary or Huck gets in there, than the Anarchists will watch it all crash down, and will be able to more adeptly present their 100% Libertarian Hard platform to the American public. Kind of like what happened in Germany in the 1930s. The German people were so knocked down by inflation and losing WWI that they were willing to try any radical alternative.
That’s what we’re seeing here.
The Perfect is the Enemy of the Good.
The Radical and Anarchist Libertarians are all ganging up on libertarian lites like Giuliani, and out to destroy him.
By the latest poll numbers, looks like they might be succeeding.
December 4th, 2007 at 12:33 pm
Eric,
Do I need to have Bart Simpson write it on the blackboard for you:
Rudy Giuliani is NOT a libertarian of any stripe.
And if you really think he’d handle economic any differently than Huckabee, you’re kidding yourself.
There might be Republican candidates I’d be willing to give a look at, but Rudy isn’t one of them.
December 4th, 2007 at 12:33 pm
As opposed to a man - Rudy Giuliani - who scores 60/60 on the Libertarian scale as identified by ontheissues.org, a mere 10 points behind Ron Paul.
As opposed to a man who was just endorsed by Champion libertarian Grover Norquist yesterday, and has the support of more prominent libertarians than all other GOP Presidential candidates combined INCLUDING RON PAUL!
As opposed to a man who cut taxes not once, not twice, but 23 TIMES AS MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY!!!
As opposed to a man who is simply the Nation’s Number One Opponent of Islamo-Fascism, and the one man who scares the living daylights out of Al Qaeda.
I would challenge you to find a more libertarian candidate in the present field.
And don’t you dare talk to me about Ron Paul. This is a man who wants to force women to sneak into Mexico in the middle of the night, to control their own reproductive rights, and wants the US to buddy up to Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda. Hardly libertarian.
Giuliani is an Authoritarian only in your dreams. He might possibly be the Number One Champion of Liberty today in the United States.
December 4th, 2007 at 12:36 pm
Do I need to write it in big bold letters for you since your nimble mind can’t seem to read:
DOUG MATACONIS IS NOT A LIBERTARIAN. HE PRETENDS TO BE A LIBERTARIAN, BUT HE DECEIVES US ALL CAUSE HE DOESN’T KNOW WHAT IN THE FUCK HE IS TALKING ABOUT. HE IS PROBABLY ONE OF THOSE ANARCHIST USURPERS IN OUR MOVEMENT LIKE JUSTIN RAIMONDO. HE’D RATHER DESTROY THE LIBERTARIAN MOVEMENT WITH EXTREMISM THAN SEE MODERATE LIBERTARIANS ACTUALLY SUCCEED. PEOPLE LIKE MATACONIS NEED TO BE OPPOSED WITH ALL OUR MIGHT!!!
December 4th, 2007 at 12:37 pm
Eric,
Rudy cut taxes as Mayor, but he also lobbied for ever larger handouts for the city from Albany and Washington.
Don’t you think that says something about what he really believes ?
December 4th, 2007 at 12:39 pm
Congratulations Mataconis. You’re evil little plan is succeeding. Giuliani is down in the latest polls. You and your Anarchist friends have managed to destroy the greatest opportunity in our lifetimes for actually electing a libertarian Republican President of the United States.
But that was part of your plan anyway right? You and your V for Vendetta set would rather see an Authoritarian like Huckabee or Hillary get in there, so that you can “pick up the pieces” when it all goes to hell, right?
The good is the enemy of the perfect, right?
Libertarian lites are more of an enemy to your radical libertarian set than flaming Authoritarians. I’ve got your number.
December 4th, 2007 at 12:42 pm
Big Fucking Deal!!! Ron Paul does the exact same thing here in Brazoria County, Texas. Ron Paul (and his Chief of Staff Tom Lizardo), jump through hoops, get down on their hands and knees, and do everything they possibly can to win more dollars back to the District for the Army Corps of Engineers. I know first hand, cause I myself did Ron’s bidding with the Corps for 6 long years.
It was my job to go to Galveston every week to get on my hands and knees to beg the Colonel for more money for Ron’s District.
And you fault Giuliani for doing the same exact thing as Ron Paul?
That’s what elected officials are hired to do: Win back money for their Districts. It’s not a perfect world. Perhaps one day it can be changed. But for now, if you don’t fight for your interests as a politician you will get squashed.
December 4th, 2007 at 12:43 pm
Eric,
You give me far more credit than I deserve.
If Rudy’s falling, it’s his fault. People obviously find something about him they don’t like.
Maybe its the fact that he was using the NYPD as a taxi service for his mistress while he was still Mayor.
December 4th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
And that’s never been done in politics? Give me a break. Are you saying that politicians don’t deserve any perks?
Hell, Sheila Jackson-Lee our beloved Congresswoman here in Houston, has a limousine paid for by the taxpayers pick her up at her townhome every single morning, to bring her a 1/2 mile down the block to her Congressional office.
She caught some hell for this a couple years ago, when the story first broke. But she overcame it. To this day she still has that limo pick her up to shuffle her to the office.
Why the double-standard?
Oh, I get it. Rudy’s a white guy, Oh, and Rudy’s a Republican GASP! Oh, and he has a pretty younger girlfriend.
So, the Sheila Jackson-Less and William Jeffersons of the world, get a complete pass. But not ole’ Rudy. No Siree. He gets raked over the coals.
December 4th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
And since when have libertarians become Prudes? Are Libertarians now anti-Mistresses? It’s okay for Libertarians to support Gay Rights and all. But Lordy Lordy, let a hetero-sexual guy have a Mistress, a pretty young thing at that, and all bets are off.
December 4th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
Why don’t you just go ahead and ban me from your Blog Mataconis, just like you did with Liberty Papers. You can’t stand the heat. Can’t stand being challenged. Can’t stand having the facts thrown right back at you.
So, the proper response from you would be to censor me.
Flip that switch. Ban me for life from your Blog, as you did over at Liberty Papers.
December 4th, 2007 at 12:51 pm
And you accuse Giuliani of being an Authoritarian?
Funny how some of the most Radical Libertarians can be such Authoritarians when it comes to free speech. Someone disagrees with them, throws facts back in their face to prove them wrong, and they respond with the censor pen, or in this day and age, the Internet Censor chip.
December 4th, 2007 at 1:18 pm
Eric,
1. As you will know, you got banned from The Liberty Papers when you started using abusive, insulting, vulgar language toward the contributors and other commentors. So far, that hasn’t happened here.
2. The difference between Shelia Jackson-Lee and Rudy Giuliani is that Rudy is running for President, Shelia isn’t.
3. You still don’t seem to get the difference between a libertarian and a libertine. Just because someone has the right to do something doesn’t make it morally right for them to do it. Personally, I don’t care that Rudy cheated on his wife with Judith Nathan; although it does say something about his character. What would matter to me is if he used his public office and the property of the people of the City of New York to further that relationship.
December 4th, 2007 at 1:59 pm
Doug,
Buddy, friend, compadre, and all that jazz, please listen very closely to what I’m about to say. I’d scream it through the computer screen if I could. In fact, I’d be very happy to call you up directly and scream it through your cell phone.
Here it goes…
LIBERTINE IS LIBERTARIAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 4th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
You may not have heard me, so perhaps I should take a moment to say it again…
LIBERTINE IS LIBERTARIAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 4th, 2007 at 2:06 pm
Eric,
I’m a libertarian, always have been.
That doesn’t mean I think its okay to cheat on my wife, or to lie, or drink myself into a stupor.
You seem to have a different definition.
P.S. I had to delete most of your exclamation points because they were messing up the formatting of the site. I hope you don’t mind.
December 4th, 2007 at 2:09 pm
Mataconis, I joined the Libertarian Party straight out of the US Navy. I was at a meeting of Pro-Choice Activists in Jacksonville, Florida, minding my own business, and Nick Dunbar, the local Chairman of the Libertarian Party showed up. I had voted Libertarian before so I thought, Great! Well, Nick tried to recruit me after the meeting. (This was when I was a hardcore Punk Rocker, Thrash bands, leather, spikes, the whole works - Blag Flagg, DKs, Minor Threat, Pistols, Ramones, Stevie Stelleto & the Switchblades, et.al.)
Nick told me, “We Libertarians are Pro-Choice. We hate Jerry Falwell. We hate the Religious Right. But we’re Conservative on Economics, like Milton Friedman.”
I said, GREAT!! Sign me up.
My first LP meetings I attended in Florida were full of booze and good-looking women. And this was just Jacksonville. I started going to the meetings in Orlando and Tampa Bay. Oh, my God! The Tampa Bay Libertarians led by Harry Reid, were all Nudists. Reid would have a Tuesday night Bash at his poolside home, clothing optional. The booze flowed, and the women would come in droves.
Orlando? Attending a meeting of the Central Florida Libertarian Party in the 1980s was like going to a Swinger’s Fest. Let’s just say Dianne Pilcher did not have boring LP meetings.
And the State LP Conventions? Tallahassee, Orlando, Melbourne, 1 hour of business a day, and 23 hours of straight partying.
The Libertarian Party of Florida in the 1980s was Don Johnson, Miami Vice, Tropical Beach Blasts, Girls in Bikinis, Rum, and Beer all wrapped into one.
And then you throw John Ashcroft, John Wayne Smith, Charlie Manhart and his wife Angie in the mix, forget about it.
We even had one guy in Jax, who had his own Springsteen-like Rock band.
Then there was the Publisher of Oui Magazine - his name escapes me - who would attend the LP conventions with his entourage of centerfold girls.
And now you’re telling me that the Libertarian Party has become a hang-out for Prudes?
Thanks, but not thanks.
December 4th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
Eric,
After reading your comment, its easy to see why the Libertarian Party has been such an irrelevant institution in American politics.
December 4th, 2007 at 2:14 pm
Libertarian means “Republicans who know how to have a good time.”
Libertarians means as PJ O’Rourke the all-time guru of Good Times Libertarianism says, “Republicans who like to drink, cuss and get their wankers’ yanked while driving 90 miles an hour down I-95 through Southern Delaware.”
We’re the Republicans who aren’t stuffy.
Haven’t you ever heard the phrase, “Young Republicans all become libertarians at their conventions the longer the night wares on…”
The YRs and CRs are not suit and tie conservatives during the day at all their business sessions, and platform meetings. Then the hospitality suites start after the banquet speaker, they loosen their ties, grab their pretty little girlfriends, and instantly become libertarians.
At about 1:00 am they start grabbing the nearest libertarian in the room and start blabbering to them about how “you know, I’m really a libertarian at heart… I support legalizing prostitution and drugs… I just can’t admit that and win public office… have another beer on me.”
December 4th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
Sorry Doug, but I’m a proud Republican. You’re talking to the guy that founded the Republican Liberty Caucus. Yeah, I have friends in the Libertarian Party, and yes, I like Wayne Root, but I’m not currently a dues-paying member.
I’m a member of my local Republican Party here in Houston.
December 4th, 2007 at 2:18 pm
Eric,
I know who you are, I just don’t understand how you think that a political ideology that seems to be based on nothing more than getting drunk and having sex is going to attract mainstream Republicans — not to mention libertarians such as myself who have, well, matured beyond fraternity days.
December 4th, 2007 at 2:19 pm
Yeah, I know Doug. I got banned from Liberty Papers because I’m a United States Military Veteran. As you know, us Vets like to use language that’s offensive to civilian girlie men who never served a day of their life in the Armed Forces.
Eric Dondero, USN (hon.)
1981-85
USS Kittyhawk CV-63 Aircraft Carrier
USS Luce DDG-38 Guided Missile Destroyer
December 4th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
Eric,
We didn’t ban you because your a veteran. We banned you because you were being abusive and obnoxious. It really doesn’t look good you know
December 4th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
Simple. Good question in fact.
We’re the good time Republicans. We’re the ones who wink at our YR buddies as they doze off at the boring ass long speech by so and so Republican Congressman, meaning that “tonight we Rock!”
So long as the YRs know that we’re the “sex, booze and rock ‘n roll” wing of the GOP, but we’re still loyal Republicans, they will have a great respect for us, and will listen to us.
So, when Joe Blow YR gets elected to the state legislature, and it’s lobbying time in Austin or Sacramento or Albany, and we libertarians want to push our marijuana reform, or legalization of prostitution legislation, we set up a meeting with our ole’ YR buddy. You remember the guy. He was the one with the lampshade on his head, with the bottle of gin, partying all night at the YR Party in 2006, bragging about how “libertarian” he was, and how he wanted to “legalize everything.”
Well, guess what. His ole’ libertarian pals are back. And we’ve got him on video saying how libertarian he was, and coming out for legalized prostitution and marijuana.
We call him on it, and say Joe, Dude, I know you’ve got a cut wife, and a baby on the way, and you’re a bigtime State Rep. now, but we know you still like to Party. C’mon Dude, two years ago you said you were a libertarian. Well, here’s your chance to prove it.
Vallah!
That’s how it works. And that’s one of the reasons why the Republican Liberty Caucus has been so successful over the years. RLCers know the YRs and CRs like nobody else.
December 4th, 2007 at 2:26 pm
But Doug, Military guys are obnoxious. That’s our nature. In fact, that’s precisely why we join the Military.
I can’t fault you, since you never served. You wouldn’t understand.
December 4th, 2007 at 2:27 pm
So, by banning obnoxiousness, you are, whether you like it or not, discriminating against Military guys.
December 4th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
Eric,
Allow me to interrupt your reminiscing about your partying days in the Losertarian Party to reask some questions that you didn’t quite answer:
Please no rambling about how so and so likes Mitt Romney.
December 4th, 2007 at 2:31 pm
Eric,
My best friend spent ten years in the Army. I’m fairly sure he’d consider your behavior stupid.
December 4th, 2007 at 3:03 pm
Kevin, firstly, I’m still very much a Rudy fan. Mitt is my second choice. But I’ve got lots of libertarian friends supporting him, and I’ll join them enthusiastically, if Rudy falters.
Gotta look at the whole picture. Yeah, he’s not good on many issues. First I’ve heard that he’s not good on guns. And I don’t think Bob Hedlund or Bill Weld would be supporting him, if he were a “tax hiker.”
Now, let me ask you a question.
Can you name another Republican besides Rudy and Romney who would have as much appeal in Northeastern states?
Do we have any chance whatsoever of winning a state like Michigan and doing well in upper Great Lakes States like Wisconsin and Minnesota, and even Ohio, if we don’t nominate Mitt or Rudy?
December 4th, 2007 at 3:05 pm
Sorry Kevin, I’m not a Policy Wanker. I place much more emphasis on who is supporting who. Endorsements are far more important to me, than digging into boring-ass policy papers and legislation to find out how someone voted on a particular piece of legislation 5 years ago.
That’s the problem with the dweebie Libertarian set. They are so anti-Personality, so anti-Celebrity that they have no people skills. It’s all about issues this, issues that.
December 4th, 2007 at 3:07 pm
Okay Doug, so you’ve made your point. You think I’m an obnoxious, disgusting, manner-less, foul-talking idiot. So, why don’t you ban me from your Blog?
Why are you even responding to me.
Just ban me and get it over with. I mean, that’s what you’re in the business to do, right? You just get off on banning people who disgree with you. Probably get some sort of peverse pleasure in it.
Go ahead. Ban me.
December 4th, 2007 at 3:14 pm
For Kevin, this just coming over the wires from AP:
William F. Weld, who started a 16-year run of GOP rule in liberal Massachusetts that ended in January when Romney’s term finished, said his running mate and successor, former Gov. Paul Cellucci, was mistaken last week when he assailed Romney over tax cuts and spending during a rally in front of the Massachusetts Statehouse.
“He’s a true-blue fiscal conservative and he’s spelled out exactly how he’s going to hold down spending in Washington,” Weld said as he accompanied Romney on the first of his four public stops, a visit to the Windham Junction country store.
“I believe there were 19 tax cuts when Governor Romney was in office. That’s just a fact. And what he’s proposed for Washington is the most developed of any of the candidates.”
Weld singled out Romney’s pledge to veto any federal spending more than inflation, minus 1 percent. Weld also expressed affinity for New Hampshire’s tax-wary residents, noting he spent childhood summers in the state and celebrated the state’s motto by proclaiming, “I’m one of these people who’s heart lifts when he sees a ‘Live Free or Die’ sign.”
December 4th, 2007 at 4:47 pm
Eric,
I haven’t banned you because you haven’t given me reason to.
I can take a little disagreement every now and then.
December 4th, 2007 at 5:10 pm
Eric,
So if William Weld endorsed Joseph Stalin, would you back Stalin?
December 4th, 2007 at 5:14 pm
Kevin,
Uncle Joe was a big drinker and a party animal, so I’m guessing yes
December 4th, 2007 at 5:29 pm
William Weld wouldn’t endorse Joseph Stalin. Cause Weld is a libertarian.
Hey, here’s a question for ya? If NeoNazi groups endorsed a particular candidate, would you back that candidate?
December 4th, 2007 at 5:31 pm
Doug, if you haven’t banned me from here, why is it that you still ban me from Liberty Papers? I’m the same person here as I am over there.
If you wish to put me on moderated status over there, and check my posts before they’re allowed on, that’s perfectly fine with me, and even understandable.
But I don’t feel being banned for life from Liberty Papers is appropriate while I am the same person and say the same exact things here on this Blog.
December 4th, 2007 at 5:32 pm
BTW, our discussions here today are quite timely. William Weld is up campaigning for Romney today in NH, defending him against criticisms from Rudy.
And, Club for Growth just praised Rudy on School Choice, and slammed Huckabee and Ron Paul for opposing Choice.
All up at http://www.mainstreamlibertarian.com
December 4th, 2007 at 6:41 pm
Eric,
The decision to ban you at The Liberty Papers was made by all the contributors, not just me.
I wouldn’t undo their decision without consulting them. And now without some indication that we wouldn’t see a repeat of what happened in the Spring.
December 4th, 2007 at 8:14 pm
Eric,
You must confuse me for a Ron Paul supporter.