Dave Weigel at the Washington Independent had an excellent look last week at the growing trend of conservatives “going Galt,” looking to the fantastical novels of uber-capitalist Ayn Rand for sustenance as the economy founders and President Obama’s approval ratings remain high.
Now we can chalk up one more GOP convert to the Atlas Shrugged trend. Rep. Pete Hoekstra (MI), the senior Republican on the House intelligence committee, just marveled on his Twitter page: “Who is John Galt? Will more Americans know of him in 3 to 6 months? I think so!”
