Posted on 02/26/2006 8:47:11 PM PST by Tom Jefferson
Of course I support the Governor and I definitely want him to be re-elected, but if we don't state clearly what our principles are, what do we stand for? How can we not indicate our displeasure with fiscally irresponsible policy? How do the policies advocated by the Governor differ from the policies that would be advocated by Angelides or Westly? Shouldn't the Party state publicly that it stands for fiscal conservatism, or should we just avert our eyes and not take a stand for our core principles? If we do, how do we say to those we want to recruit to our Party that we have principles and we stand behind them?
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Gary,
What do you do if Westly might be more fiscally conservative than Schwartzenegger?
Good question. I still would rather have a Republican who is not fiscally prudent than a Democrat who is. I still think if we can communicate our concerns to Arnold and let him know that we expect him to not pander to the left and to be more fiscally prudent, it will put some restraints on him. Particularly if we can come up with alternatives that work.
After all, we are the Party of ideas, aren't we?
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