Blueprint Calls for Bigger, More Powerful Government

Washington Post ^ | 2/9/05 | Jim VandeHei

[theworkersarefew]

Rep. Mike Pence (R-Ind.), said: "The Republican majority, left to its own devices from 1995 to 2000, was a party committed to limited government and restoring the balances of federalism with the states. Clearly, President Bush has had a different vision, and that vision has resulted in education and welfare policies that have increased the size and scope of government."

Pence, an influential leader of House conservatives, said 50 Republicans gathered in Baltimore this past week and discussed, among other things, an overwhelming desire to protest the expansion of government by opposing Bush's education plan for high school students. While only 33 House Republicans opposed the No Child Left Behind law in the first term, Pence predicted that a significantly larger number will vote against expanding the program to cover high schools. Michael Franc of the Heritage Foundation, a pro-Bush think tank, agreed. "It's a non-starter" in the minds of a large number of Republicans, he said.

[Gipper08]

"If Pence were to come back to Indiana and run for governor....maybe. But in the meantime, I think you ought to be shopping around for someone with a little better credentials--or someone that doesn't rock the boat. "

If not Pence then who?Who is better than Pence? Do you think that once the debates start Joe Schmo will be sitting
in front of the TV saying" wow,Pence won that debate hands down,he is a true conservative,I agree with him on everything,but I have to support Romney because he is a governor"? Once the race begins the men will be judged not be their titles,but by their courage.

[BlackbirdSST]

So? If they can't cut the mustard, they can't cut it. I believe people should EARN their job and EARN their money. You don't get a free pass in my book for being from America. If a Mexican comes in and he can do the job better & cheaper, you will be out the door in a New York minute. Maybe that don't sit too well with some Evangelicals out there,

but I don't believe in giving anyone a free pass.

Except for Illegals apparently. Blackbird.