Update – 2012 GOP Contenders and the Stimulus

Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal has indicated that he may refuse $4 billion in federal funds that his state is scheduled to receive under the stimulus bill that President Obama signed this week.

Earlier South Carolina governor Mark Sanford said he would turn down the money. Alaska governor Sarah Palin has also suggested she may say no to stimulus funds.

On the other side, of course, Florida governor Charlie Crist was perhaps the most ardent Republican proponent of the stimulus bill. (Mitt Romney opposed the stimulus, but since he is no longer a governor he doesn’t face the difficult decision of whether to put principle above “free” federal money).

Who knows, Republicans in 2012 might actually have candidates who are (or at least want to be) fiscal conservatives.