Thursday, Jan. 13, 2011
Jeff Flake
I do think that we bear a responsibility to make the debate as civil as possible and to call out those who would make it otherwise. Arizona is conservative but there's a strong libertarian streak that runs here. There's perhaps more skepticism about the power of government to do good in a lot of cases. I'm not trying to ascribe this act to that but that's a very powerful strain that's reflected in a lot of politicians. That's just Arizona, it's what a lot of people like about the place. Though, many of us have been uncomfortable with the extreme rhetoric of late.