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‘Sorry Ron, you’re number 2’: Sununu says he’s top dog among Conservative governors

‘Sorry Ron, you’re number 2’: Sununu says he’s top dog among Conservative governors

“I rank as the most fiscally conservative governor in the country,” Sununu, who is considering a 2024 presidential run, told POLITICO's Lisa Kashinsky. “I am number 1 in personal liberties. Sorry Ron, you're number 2,” she added, a jab at the Florida governor, considered a frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. “I would challenge anyone on Second Amendment rights. We are by far the best, you know, because we believe in those individual liberties. Regulatory reform, I will challenge any state on this,” added Sununu. Sununu acknowledged that he can be "more moderate" on social issues. But on those…
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Opinion |  The false choices facing the Republican Party

Opinion | The false choices facing the Republican Party

These are not the only ways. Another consistent line of thought and action among conservatives over the past few decades argues that politics should be on the side of the small, and that our existing economic and social institutions also provide the best pathways to opportunity. This kind of thinking has gone by different names in the past, including "reform conservatism" and "compassionate conservatism." In the 1990s, it animated much of the Republican Party's agenda in Republican-led states and big cities, and was seen in the policies of congressional thought leaders like Jack Kemp, Dan Coats, and Paul Ryan, and…
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