Running Against Republicanism
I have to give Mike Pence, the Republican representative from Indiana, credit. He is a man of principle. Of course, his principles are reckless and have been proven conclusively wrong. But he sticks to them. They are the principles of Republicanism. In his speech this morning on the TARP (Troubled Assets Recovery Plan) bailout plan, he argued for a no vote and in favor of the House Republican plan, the one John McCain championed - the one that argued for solving the mortgage/credit Wall Street crisis by lowering corporate taxes, loosening regulations and for the government doing less for Main Street. That is Republicanism in a nutshell. [More...]
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