the "traditional" Republican party planks.
In particular:
- Small Government
- Reduced Spending
- States Rights
- Isolationist Foreign Policy
- Personal Privacy
Out of interest, why is states' rights a Republican plank? Doesn't a desire for small government and reduced spending, pull against the idea of duplicating huge amounts of governmental structure? If I didn't know, I'd have guessed enthusiasm for states' rights to be a Democrat thing -- AFAICT the nearest equivalent over here, devolved government for Scotland and Wales, is less begrudged by the Labour party than by the Conservatives.
Peter