Didn't see any who reduced overall taxes nor who shrunk government size. I would call them all "Liberal Lite" (but most conservatives have become such in the last few years.)
Perry at 5? I'll vote for him as Governor, but I sure hope he doesn't get a hankering to run for the WH.
That is your line up for GOP candidates for the White House in 2008 after you toss out governors from small states like SD and Misssissippi, IF THE GOP WANTS TO WIN. Throw in Rudy maybe as he was the executive of a city the bigger than many states. Senators generally don't get elected president.
This is why I thin JEB is the best candidate for the GOP. Two term governor from a big key state.
Tim Pawlenty is intriguing? If he would get the GOP over the top in Minnesota and Wisconsin, there might be no way any Dim could win. What does this thumbnail mean when it says, "Unchanged on pro-life and other social stands from his days in the legislature..."
Learn to read and stop embarrassing yourself.
1. Jeb Bush—Florida
Winding up his second term as governor, Bush has signed a tax cut of some kind almost every year he has been in office—from slashing property to intangibles taxes ...
2. Bill Owens—Colorado
“A sterling record of fiscal accomplishment” is how the Cato Institute characterized GOPer Owens’ six years in office. He backed a state tax and expenditure limit, cut income, capital gains and dividends taxes, and resisted raising taxes when his state had a $850-million deficit in ’03.
3. Matt Blunt—Missouri
Backed by Republican majorities in both houses of the state legislature, America’s youngest (36) governor has successfully pushed for tax cuts as well as slashing the size of government.
5. Rick Perry—Texas
.... Perry put through a zero-based budget to deal with a $10-billion deficit in ’04-05 and has maintained his state’s no-income-tax policy. He has proposed a $6-billion property tax cut.
7. Haley Barbour—Mississippi
The former GOP national chairman never veered from his no-new tax, no government-expansion policies
8. Tim Pawlenty—Minnesota
.... Pawlenty cut more than $171 million from the budget to cover a deficit in ’03 and has called for a constitutional limit on the growth of spending. 10. Mitch Daniels—Indiana
.... he nonetheless overcame a $645-million deficit with spending cuts.
That is 7 out of 10 who have either cut taxes, spending, government growth or a combination. Sounds pretty good o me.
Well, the state employees in Missouri despise Matt Blunt because he is shrinking the number of state employees in the welfare office.