Mike Pence: "Fiscal and Military Hawk" - Could he attract Pro-Defense libertarian support?
From Eric Dondero:The Wall Street Journal has a feature story on Congressman Mike Pence of Indiana, a potential GOP presidential candidate for 2012. From WSJ:
Indiana Rep. Mike Pence is a military and fiscal hawk who frequently plugs his Christian credentials. To some, he's the potential candidate best able to unite two wings of the Republican Party—its fiscal conservatives and social conservatives.Though his appeal is mainly to social conservatives, fiscal conservative may be attracted to him, as well. Continuing:
A former radio personality, the 51-year-old Mr. Pence became a darling among fiscal conservatives for opposing two of President George W. Bush's signature initiatives, the 2001 No Child Left Behind education act and the 2003 Medicare Part D drug benefit. He saw both as violating his party's small-government principles.Andre Traversa, a Defense Hawk and host of the blog talk show "Libertarian Politics Live" told LR he believes Pence would be like Reagan:
Mr. Pence favors reducing the size of the federal government, and even the power of the presidency. He wants to amend the Constitution both to ban abortions and to allow marriage only between men and women. He says increased security along the Mexican border must precede any immigration overhaul.
Mr. Pence was also among the first congressmen to jump on the tea-party wave in early 2009, speaking at rallies across Indiana and in Washington.
He voted against Bush's big government items like No Child Left Behind and the Presceiption Drug bill. He can easily unite social, fiscal and defense conservatives.
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