2008 was an unusual election: even more than in 2004 there were decent grounds for libertarians and libertarian-minded people to vote for the Dmocratic candidate. Quite a few, including a good number of my friends, did so. Reason catches up with some of them here, asking if they regret* that vote.
For the most part: no, not really. The Buyer’s Remorse was priced-in at the time of the election. True, the health care bill may be worse than some feared and true too there’s been more intervention in the economy than libertarians might think either sensible or palatable. And, of course, Obama’s record on civil liberties and related issues has been dismal.
But that wasn’t the question in 2008. One thing few people have argued, even as Democrats prepare for a crushing defeat that will send them back to 2005-era levels of representation in Congress, is that everything would be better if only John McCain had won the Presidency.
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