[Finny]

McDaniel, elected to the state Senate in 2007, has said the federal government should have no role in education, not even in helping pay for it.

That's my kind of Republican. That's my kind of conservative.

Republicans and [by definition] faux-conservatives who promote a role for federal government in education, defeat the purpose of voting Republican.

[cotton1706]

“That’s my kind of Republican. That’s my kind of conservative.”

Right! Who exactly did Haley Barbour vote for in 1980?? Carter?? The same view certainly didn’t hurt Reagan...44 states (and 49 four years later.)