I suspect he’s right, though - all those Republican governors talking so tough, standing up to the Feds over same-sex benefits for state Guardsmen? It only took about three months before every one of those brave 10th Amendment warriors folded.
I think we need to focus on establishing as many religious protections and exemptions as possible; SCOTUS won’t be able to avoid the issue much longer, if lower courts keep ruling this way.
Exactly. I see it as a moral failure of the TEA Party. It is easy to scream NO MORE TAXES! Everyone hates taxes, much harder to say no to federal money. Tell people you want the state to get out of social security and medicare, and watch the room go eerily silent.
Sadly many conservatives do not want to pay the fed, but are perfectly content taking from it.