[Dexter]

Originally Posted by houghtam

There is also a pretty big difference between being fiscally conservative and fiscally responsible, IMO. I wholly reject the idea that democrats cannot be fiscally responsible...a look at Bill Clinton's two terms shows that, and obviously we'll never know what kind of policies Obama would have sought to put in place had his hand not been forced with the bailouts, etc? Of course the point may be moot anyhow, considering that a large part of the reason he was elected in the first place was to clean up after Bush.

Although I see a shift more toward libertarianism as a potential game changer for the republican party, it does concern me that every person I've ever known who claims to be a libertarian puts fiscal issues ahead of social issues. Every one I've known, if given a choice between, say, spending money to make sure everyone who is eligible to vote can do so, and lowering taxes, they take the money every time. To me, social issues should almost always come before fiscal issues.

Again I'm not saying all libertarians are like this, but the 5 or 6 I know have that opinion.

Oh, I completely agree with you