We here at Libertarian Republican have known her to be a Strong Fiscal Conservative all along

by Eric Dondero

There were 26 'No' votes on the budget deal in the Senate. Among them 6 Democrats, liberals except for NE Sen. Ben Nelson.

Though, there were good fiscal conservatives who voted 'Yay,' most of the 'No' votes came from hardline fiscal conservatives including: DeMint, Paul, Rubio, Toomey, Lee, Coats, Shelby, et.al.

But two otherwise moderate Republicans were included: Orrin Hatch of Utah, and Lindsay Graham of South Carolina.

And one Senator, often viewed as more of a moderate, also voted 'No.' Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire, cast her lot in with DeMint, Paul, Rubio, Lee, and the other fiscal hawks, rather than side with her fellow New England Republicans: Brown, Snowe, and Collins.

Senator Ayotte was seen as too go-along-to-get-along establishment for many New Hampshire Republicans in the 2010 primary campaign. She was even savaged by some on the hard right including her primary opponents, and also among ardent libertarian Free Staters, for not being a "true" Granite State conservative.

This website, was an early and enthusiastic backer of Kelly Ayotte in the GOP primaries in 2010. We researched her issue stances and her past record. We stuck our necks out. We even applied the label "libertarian-leaning" to her and featured her race numerous times.

Seems she's lived up to our expectations.

Looks like some of those cynics who doubted her, now have some 'splainin' to do.