Gov. Sanford the Libertarian

It's usually a smile to hear a public official claim the Libertarian mantle.

I don't know Gov. Sanford's work, but he was speaking to CATO, so that's a good sign!

It's not yet available on the web (I just got it the most recent [Winter 2009] Cato's Letter in the mail yesterday), but Sanford opened his speech with this:

Back home in Columbia, SC, when people get exasperated with me, they throw out what they think of as a terrible pejorative: "You're not a Republican," they say. "You're a libertarian!" Of course, I always take that as a compliment. "I'm guilty," I respond. "I love liberty."