Interesting. Bob Guzzardi is an interesting person. Don't quote me on any of this as fact (if Bob is reading this he can correct me), but as I understand it he made a lot of money in real estate and has retired to be a full time Republican activist who backs local, state office and congressional GOP candidates who meet his political ideology - which is to say not all Republicans.

Again, I may not have this exactly right, but Bob appears to an interesting mix of a paleoconservative from a domestic standpoint (old school Republican, limited government, free markets like Sen. Robert Taft, Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan) and a neoconservative on foreign policy (Spread democracy across the world, use force to re-align the Middle East, etc.).

It is a very curious combination as usually a paleo believes in limited government at home and non-intervention abroad while a neocon is all for big government at home and aggressive big government abroad.

I come to these conclusions from reading Bob's website in regards to what he has to say about himself and who he has supported as candidates.

I will say I have to agree with him on the Dranoff project. That should have and easily could have been done with private investment monies the free market way. Under our current system those tax dollars could then have gone to those who are more in need, and under what appears to be Bob's views - rather to lower taxes through reduced government spending and thus increased economic development and better opportunity for all because the people have more money to spend due to lower taxes.