Document Type

Opinion

Publication Date

9-20-2015

Department 1

Political Science

Abstract

As we watch the cast of characters vying for the Republican presidential nomination in this not-so-invisible primary season, there appears to be a common thread to their conversations: keep the government out of my life and my business. But this call for out-of-my-life government is contrary to the federal activism that one of the Republican Party’s most admired presidents advocated. [excerpt]

Required Publisher's Statement

Original version is available from the publisher, RealClear Politics.

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