Friday, October 10
Arnie Goldwater?
The Economist speculates that Arnie's election may represent a new libertarian direction for the party. In unusually prosaic terms, it suggests that his victory
is a reminder that there is a strand of Republicanism which was always more in tune with the counter-culture than the Bible-thumping variety that has dominated the party for the past decade. This is the libertarian wing associated with Barry Goldwater, another western Republican. In some ways, Mr Schwarzenegger represents a return to that tradition. His victory could begin a contest, against the current dominance of southern conservatism, for the party's soul.
- posted by Anonymous @ 4:32 PM
