|
Rudy Takala: Posted on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 11:52 AM
 This is a great column by Joe Scarborough written recently for Politico. It recounts the 1997 confrontation that resulted from 11 House Republicans holding the line on taxes and spending when Newt Gingrich wanted to cave. The tax increase that Gingrich joined with Democrats to support failed by one or two votes, and participants like Joe Scarborough, Tom Coburn, and others have been telling the story ever since.____________________________ |
|
|
Rudy Takala: Posted on Wednesday, December 28, 2011 8:23 PM
 As referenced in my previous post, Pat Shortridge said that his career working for former House Majority Leader Dick Armey credentialed him as a real conservative. Armey clearly had sufficient credentials to be elected as a Republican, but did he really support limited government? Shortridge, running for chair of the Minnesota Republican Prty, said that he worked for Dick Armey for over 10 years, and wrote the following of his time with Armey’s office: I saw the good things that happen when Republicans work effectively on behalf of their principles. |
|
