The Moderate Republican: ALERT: Olympia Snowe Showing Signs of Fiscal Restraint!

What the Moderate Republican Stands For

Republicans came to power as the party of big ideas, and without returning to that model they could be looking at a long winter. Additionally, those big ideas need to focus on Middle America. Three issues that could work are conservation, reform and localism.

Conservation- a return to the Teddy Roosevelt model of conservation. One doesn’t necessarily have to buy into global warming to appreciate the need to protect the natural resources we have.

Reform- the federal government is bigger than ever, and won’t be getting any smaller over the next four years. Republicans need to fashion themselves as national reformers. Much of Middle America wants the government as safety net, but bloated bureaucracies breed corruption that needs to be dealt with.

Localism- this is the lynchpin that brings it all together. If we bought our food locally, shopped locally, governed locally, many of the issue we now have to deal with would go away, or at the least become manageable.

Below is a collection of writers who speak about the things that matter. Some are Right, some Left and some Center, but all intelligent and rational voices.

Who would have thought....from Congress Daily:

A defeated amendment to require final CBO scores before the Finance Committee votes on healthcare legislation has opened a potential divide between Democrats and Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine -- the lone Republican who might support the Democrats' bill......
CBO Director Elmendorf said Tuesday final scores would take two weeks.

"I just don't think that's is acceptable," said Finance Chairman Max Baucus, who voted against the amendment along with every Democrat except Sen. Blanche Lincoln of Arkansas.....
"I truly do not understand the skepticism about this request," Snowe said. "This is about doing our job. If it takes two more weeks, it takes two more weeks. We're talking about trillions of dollars in the final analysis."

"Is there something happening in two weeks that we cannot wait?" she continued. "Is it the Columbus Day recess? What is it? Because I don't get it."

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The Moderate Republican

What the Moderate Republican Stands For

The American Conservative » Rod Dreher

Via Meadia

Front Porch Republic

David Brooks

The Soap Box

ALERT: Olympia Snowe Showing Signs of Fiscal Restraint!

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