Posted by
Bert Chapman on Thursday, January 24, 2008 11:01:59 PM
It was actually a somewhat subdued affair at Florida Atlantic University tonight. If it hadn't been for the Ron Paul yahoos who erupted whenever he spouted his pre-federalist pseudo-constitutionalist idealism, it could have been an academic seminar. Romney did an excellent job defending political candidates right to self-finance their campaigns and framing the differences between him and Hillary which could be a preview of the fall campaign. Romney also did a good job of explaining the value of his plan to eliminate taxes on savings for those with incomes of under $200,000. It's high time conservatives reembraced the value of personal frugality in our economic policies! While McCain was affable, Tim Russert's revelation that the New York Times endorsed him for the upcoming New York primary should again be another warning shot to conservatives of McCain's appeal to the liberal cognoscenti who consider him "their kind of Republican" or "their kind of conservative." Huckabee's comments about Chuck Norris were funny, though his misnamed fair tax would not benefit the economy and destroy a significant feature of federalism with states having the right to determine sales taxes and replacing it with a top-down Washington imposed solution. Guliani is kidding himself if he thinks he will be able to replicate the New York Giants run to the Super Bowl with his delusional campaign strategy of thinking he can place all his eggs in the Florida and tsunami Tuesday baskets.