{"id":10679,"date":"2010-03-03T09:33:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-03T09:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/perrys-win-a-huge-victory-for-the-hard-right\/"},"modified":"2010-03-03T09:33:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-03T09:33:00","slug":"perrys-win-a-huge-victory-for-the-hard-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/libertarian\/perrys-win-a-huge-victory-for-the-hard-right.php","title":{"rendered":"Perry’s win a huge victory for the Hard Right"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Rick Perry's win on a strong anti-Washington message is being seen as a big victory for limited government conservatism.<\/p>

From Jonathan Martin at Politico<\/a>:<\/p>

Texas GOP Gov. Rick Perry has embraced the cause of state sovereignty, suggested his famously independent state could secede from the union, deemed the president a socialist and, last month in Houston, happily stood by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s side to receive her endorsement. Perry’s approach seems to be paying dividends...<\/p><\/blockquote>

<\/a>Meanwhile, the liberal Huffington Post<\/a> acknowledged, Perry's win, \"highlighted the growing anti-Washington mood among voters in midterm elections.\"<\/p>

And from the foreign press, the UK Guardian<\/a> describes Perry's win as an absolute \"shock\" to American politics:<\/p>

More moderate Republicans face being displaced by candidates backed by the Tea Party and other grassroots right-wingers... The right-wing, anti-Washington mood engulfing the US last night claimed another victim when the Republican senator Kay Bailey Hutchison was forced out of the race to become governor of Texas.<\/p>

The latest upset comes only two months after grassroots activists from round the country contributed to the shock Republican victory in the battle for Ted Kennedy’s Senate place.<\/p>

The result suggests a shift to the right lies ahead in the Republican party both in Congress and among governors.<\/p>

Moderate Republicans face being displaced by more right-wing candidates, backed by Tea Party activists and others who complain the Republican party has betrayed its core principles. These right-wingers oppose federal government spending under Barack Obama, the proposed health care bill and immigration reform, and blame Republicans for failing to oppose the spending.<\/p><\/blockquote>

The Guardian ominously warns that Charlie Crist in Florida and even moderately conservative John McCain, could next face the wave of libertarian-conservative angst.<\/p>

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