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Jim, thanks for providing that link to Rich Lowry’s chart.

However, it should be noted that Lowry’s chart is incomplete.

Sarah Palin came out against the deal back on December 8th.

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Ken (Old Texican)...VI| 12.14.10 @ 2:34PM

Aaron,
James the third just keeps pumping the idiot libertarians who couldn't even LEAD a horse to water.

Coservative Bob| 12.14.10 @ 3:32PM

Ken, how is it possible for him to be promoting
Libertarians in his post if the biggest among the identified candidates are not even on the chart.

Or are you trying to call Romney a Liberty candidate?

Clint| 12.14.10 @ 10:02PM

Ronald Reagan:
" If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer just as liberalism is a misnomer for the liberals–if we were back in the days of the Revolution, so-called conservatives today would be the Liberals and the liberals would be the Tories. The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom and this is a pretty general description also of what libertarianism is.

Now, I can’t say that I will agree with all the things that the present group who call themselves Libertarians in the sense of a party say, because I think that like in any political movement there are shades, and there are libertarians who are almost over at the point of wanting no government at all or anarchy. I believe there are legitimate government functions. There is a legitimate need in an orderly society for some government to maintain freedom or we will have tyranny by individuals. The strongest man on the block will run the neighborhood. We have government to insure that we don’t each one of us have to carry a club to defend ourselves. But again, I stand on my statement that I think that libertarianism and conservatism are travelling the same path."

PattyMor| 12.14.10 @ 4:42PM

Romney waited for the last minute, put his finger to the wind, then took a position. What a "ruling class" loser.

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