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Originally Posted by AshleyO
So again... Are the states' rights people SURE they want these jokers to NOT be held accountable to the federal government?
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I'll play devil's advocate here.
States rights advocates don't need the presidential candidates to be accountable to the federal government because they're accountable to the state government instead. The idea is that a smaller government is able to react quicker and limit the damage to a smaller area. In fact, depending on what part of the political spectrum they're coming from, they could argue that the federal government is ineffective in stopping candidates like these anyway and that in reality they *aren't* accountable.
That aside, I was reading the other day that a survey found almost half of Minnesota voters want Bachmann gone, and less than a fifth want her to run for president. The same thing applies to Perry too: half of Texans want him out of office. I don't know how many would support him for candidacy.