The GOP Is Bound To A Bloated Budget
24 Jan 2012 04:06 PM
The GOP Is Bound To A Bloated Budget
http://www.offthechartsblog.org/romney-proposals-would-slash-nondefense-programs/
James Traub spotlights the party's huge disconnect on foreign policy and defense spending:
The Republican elite remains committed to a hawkish, big-spending policy and will keep hammering Obama as a peacenik, the way Republicans have done to Democrats for the last 40 years. It won't resonate the way it used to, however, because too many ordinary conservatives have lost the faith. Paul arouses plenty of antipathy with his attacks on U.S. foreign policy, but he also gets a great deal of applause -- more than Romney ever gets when he calls for more ships and planes. Polls consistently find that Americans are prepared to accept serious cuts in defense spending.
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2012/01/20/the_military_political_complex?page=0,1
http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/01/the-romney-doctrine.html