fiscal conservative

The Associated Press releases a brutal report on Gov. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) and his use of state resources. The most damaging items: $1,265 for a flight from Myrtle Beach to Columbia to make a haircut appointment, and $5,535 for trips from the capital to his family home.
The ship has sailed on a possible Sanford resignation, [...]

I talked briefly with Rick Scott, the chairman (and major funder) of Conservatives for Patients’ Rights, after he gave a short talk at the Heritage Foundation about his group’s efforts to create a grassroots movement against nationalized health care. After asking him about the reception he was getting for Republicans, I wanted to know whether [...]

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — During the presidential debate last night in Hempstead, N.Y., Sen. John McCain segued into explaining why Gov. Sarah Palin would make a better president than Sen. Joe Biden, the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, by saying: “she’s a role model to women.”
McCain then sought to define Palin by her reformer bona-fides, including the [...]

There’s been a good deal of response to my post yesterday about Mayor Sarah Palin’s enthusiasm in receiving federal money for Wasilla — some of it from from small-government veterans, who pointed out that it’s the task of small-government leaders to secure federal dollars for their communities.
But that was never in doubt, and it’s not [...]