Rep. Michele Bachmann says Newt Gingrich is a big government liberal who represents "the establishment." Do YOU think Bachmann is the "one true conservative" in the GOP race?
We could classify Newt as conservative in social values. However, principled conservatives regard one of our core values as a minimum of control by centralized government. Since the solutions he proposes often are to be implemented by centralized govenment, methodologically we might put him in the liberal column.
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We could classify Newt as conservative in social values. However, principled conservatives regard one of our core values as a minimum of control by centralized government. Since the solutions he proposes often are to be implemented by centralized govenment, methodologically we might put him in the liberal column.