This excerpt originally appeared in the National Review Online on April 16, 2012.

The senator also argues that if Mitt Romney were to win the presidential election he would become the chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee and we could expect great things from him. But looking at the senator’s voting record, we have reasons to doubt that he will support reductions in government spending, the end of corporate welfare, or entitlement reforms. In fact, I think that maybe these “radial libertarians” who he would like to “punch in the mouth” are onto something./blockquote>