Get Riled Up About Small Government

The Inquirer interviewed Pat Toomey today — Remember him? Ran against Arlen Specter in the ‘04 primary? No? Well, trust me, that’s who he is. — and asked him about his giant forehead current position as president of the Club for Growth, a conservative political action group.

Toomey, it seems, is upset with the current Republican leadership in the executive and legislative branches of Congress:

“We are already seeing it in polling data across the country,” Toomey said in a recent interview. “There’s a lack of partisan intensity on the part of Republicans compared with Democrats.

“And I believe it’s because Republicans have abandoned the principles of limited government and fiscal discipline that historically have united Republicans and energized the Republican base.”

Yes! Small government always riles up the base! Like in 2004, when voters in 11 states passed Fiscal Discipline Amendments to their state constitutions. That really turned out the vote!

Toomey: Party betrayed its ideals [Inky]