Mike McFadden on Government Reform

	Mike McFadden on Government Reform

Effective but limited government, stressing "limited"

He laid out few hard and fast policy positions. Instead, he said he repeatedly that he will concentrate on a message of "effective but limited government" stressing the later part of that equation. "We've done a really good job of talking about the limited government as Republicans. We now need to focus on the effective piece. Government needs to work better," said McFadden, who has a resume that is long on business credentials and short on political ones.

Asked how limited government should be--drowned in bathtub? Slightly smaller than current? Would he close federal departments? -- McFadden demurred, "my focus is going to be on making things more effective."

"Politics is the art of the possible not the art of the pure," he said. "And I think what's happened in Washington is we've had too much purity on both ends of the spectrum."

Source: Star-Tribune on 2014 Minnesota Senate race , Oct 28, 2013

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