I support fiscal conservatism.
Still, Ms. Snowe's stand is hardly unpopular back home: fiscal conservatism and social liberalism is the recipe for Republican victories in New England.
Observers have noted the irony of the Blue Dogs -- who champion fiscal conservatism -- backing the the more costly public option.
And how will that affect his moral standing and his ability to summon the nation to back his peace moves, to swallow his fiscal conservatism and to follow him into an uncertain future?
| Updated Representative Eric Cantor, a Republican from Virginia and the majority leader in the House, endorsed Mitt Romney on Sunday for the Republican presidential nomination, giving the former governor of Massachusetts important backing from a leading lawmaker known for his fiscal conservatism.
The election losses end the party's hold on county patronage jobs, so the Republicans will be able to fall back on the strong and simple message of fiscal conservatism, some say.
"Especially after the funding crises of the early 90's, when many theaters pulled back a bit, and there was a sense that fiscal conservatism was beginning to translate into artistic conservatism.
Has anyone asked why fiscal conservatism should be levied on the backs of liberals and the American working poor versus Halliburton and Wells Fargo?
The only way back, then, is for the party to rededicate itself either to fiscal conservatism or social conservatism or some combination of the two, which means, first and foremost, exposing Obama and Democrats on the Hill for the elitist liberals they really are.
Gary Toebben, chief of the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce, one of two major business chambers that backed Shriver, sounded the same concern, urging Kuehl "to focus on the same kind of fiscal conservatism that has served the county well for several decades".
(back to OBAMA) And that was quite a display of hard-nosed, fiscal conservatism when he slashed one one-hundredth of 1 percent from the federal budget by canceling "Sesame Street" and "Downton Abbey".
