http://ouramericainitiative.com/ <script type="text/javascript" src="http://reason.tv/embed/video.php?id=1038"></script> Former Republican Gov. Gary Johnson was the top elected official in New Mexico from 1994 through 2002. He took office after beating a primary opponent backed by the Republican party and won election twice in a state that has two-to-one Democratic advantage in registration. Born in 1953 and a one-time competitive skiier, Johnson was not your typical governor. Instead, he governed as fiscally responsible and socially tolerant. He didn't raise taxes at all during his time in office and pushed through an aggressive privatization agenda that reduced costs while improving services. He vetoed 750 bills and trimmed the state workforace by 1,000 positions at the same time. He was also the highest-level elected politician and one of the most vocal proponent of drug legalization during his tenure. Johnson is now heading the Our America initiative, which is dedicated to advancing the public debate on topics ranging from immigration to civil liberties to free enterprise to the federal deficit to the war on drugs to Afghanistan and Iraq. He is frequently mentioned as a possible Republican presidential candidate in 2012.
I am a big fan of Gary Johnson. I support decriminalization of both mar1juana and prostitution, I am pro choice, I am against the state determining who a person can wed, I am pro gun rights, and I support school choice. I definitely don't agree with him on every issue, but I could support this type of conservative in an election. I do not think he can make it through the primaries unfortunately.
I agree. He's the kind of conservative I could actually support. Unfortunately, he'll never get past New Hampshire.
