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I support him because of his respect for the constitution and his desire to reign in spending and the role of government. He is an original constructionist. Lots of neocons have a problem with that. I don’t support all of his foreign policy desires, but I support the past/current direction of our foreign policy even less. I think he would make no immediate and dramatic changes, but would incrementally change its direction in a positive way. Besides that, he would never abuse his power and overstep the authority of congress and the courts. That would go against who he is.

The neocon label today, IMHO, is split. There are those who, out of instinctive loyalty and wanting to be firm in purpose, refuse to repudiate past policies. There are also those who, like myself, would be labeled neocons but who are also Constitutional originalists to what appears to many to be an extreme degree. I think most people who have a small-business background recognize the reality of how overbearing government has become.

I reject occupations and favor total annihilation of an enemy then returning home. I reject the comparison with Japan and Germany after WWII, since those were societies of people who were manipulated and controlled by maniacal leadership, but these populations did not have centuries of suicidal hatred pervading them. Once these populations had their a$$ whooped and saw the defeat and humilitation of their leaders, they resumed their reasonably peaceful and diligent lives. The only use of occupying what I call "crazy" populations, on the other hand, is to take the fight to their soil - which would be totally unnecessary if Americans had the political courage to bar them from our soil.

I've always firmly believed that somewhere on the order of 90% of the Federal government is unconstitutional.

But in Republican establishment circles - that view has not yet become acceptable. Amongst big business types, of course, the government is simply a big customer with an addiction to spending.

The "other neocon" - the establishment neocon type - believes that "certain" big government solutions are Constitutional. Of course, this perspective is nothing more than a liberal with a different colored tie.