Arriving too late to catch Michelle Bachmann's opening remarks, I managed to catch about 2/3 of her speech. Being a tax attorney, she is well aware of the overly complex and invasive tax code and its job-killing consequences. She's also a good public voice on the staggering effects of the debt and federal spending. I wish figures like Representative Bachmann would take advantages of opportunities like this morning's speech to remind everyone just how terrible her party has been with these issues, in the very recent past. It would be cathartic but very good to have a public airing of grievances on this subject. I find it difficult to believe the big spenders and establishment-first curs are not still lurking around in the Republican Party, waiting for enough people to fall back asleep.
She's also dedicated to repealing Obamacare and is probably the strongest public voice keeping issue in at the fore.
Johnson is refreshing. He was unknown by everyone, ran a business in the free market, was told repeatedly he would never beat the leftist icon and sitting senator, Russ Feingold, ran a conservative campaign, and won in spite of the reflexive you've got to be more moderate to win in a blue state establishment mentality. Freedom and limited government are his core principles. And he's not afraid of losing reelection on those terms.
Good on you, Senator Johnson.
More later as random thoughts ping around. I'll edit this page throughout the day...
