Romney has the opportunity to be greater than Reagan in taming the Federal Government. If he doesn't, you are absolutely correct, he will fail. He will fail and destroy the Republican Party. This is the GOP's last chance. They'll have all three political branches and they better take action, take action fast and do big things to reduce the size and scope of the Federal Government. "Reform" ain't gonna cut it. They've been "reforming" big government for decades and it never sticks. You can only cut government authority, not beg them to behave themselves. The Democrats are already lawless, you can't keep them in the bureaucracy and say: "Now boys, play by the rules." They have one rule: Power. The only solution is to take away the power by abolishing their departments.
I've seen Romney's stump speech several times and he talks about "worker re-training"? WTF? He talks about putting the choice in education to parents. Ah, let's abolish the Department of Education, cut the spending, cut taxes and let parents fight at the state and local levels. It's NOT a federal issue.
Absolutely. Nibbling around the edges won't do anything to correct the suicidal course the nation is on now. The federal government needs major surgery to amputate the alien growths that have ballooned like cancers on us all.
At this point, I don't have the confidence or certainty that Romney will aggressively move to shut down some of the extra-constitutional agencies that need abolishing, but I've got my fingers crossed. This may be our very last chance to get it done.