Few things are as wince-inducing for us conservatives as the spectacle of one of our own - one who has very publicly and visibly championed some of our most important principles - making a move that completely undermines those principles.
That's what we have in Jan Brewer and her attempt to put the squeeze on the Arizona legislature until it authorizes increased Medicaid spending. National Review Online comes right out and accuses her of "economic illiteracy."
What is she thinking? What could possibly be her motivation? She's aware that just because the federal portion to which she has signed on is federal, it didn't materialize out of thin air. Taxpayers such as me out here in Indiana, as well as all those in her own state who file 1040s, make that money possible. She's also aware that Medicaid does not increase society's overall health level.
And so the search for a seamless conservative goes on. It ain't Mark Sanford, who was willing to nuke his very own family. It ain't Marco Rubio, who apparently will not let go of his obsession with doing something "comprehensive" about immigration.
Perhaps it's Ted Cruz, or my own governor, Mike Pence. Mia Love has announced another run at a Congressional seat. She seems like the real deal.
I do know this: Brewer's bona fides may not be redeemable. This was glaring.
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