The Left seems able to shame many on the Right away from their civic duty: voting! They actually seem to convince many that conservative views are socially unacceptable. They do
....scamper to the back to sit down at the slightest criticism or risk.
We will make headway when we have the House.
We will make headway when we have the Senate.
We will make headway when we have the Presidency.
We can't do anything until then.
BUT then the excuse come "Well we COULD do that, but that would hurt our chances for 2016, 2020, 2024, 2028"
An Endless stream of excuses.
It then becomes obvious that they are not Conservatives in the first place.
In the 60's, when the Democrats that DIDN'T hate America jumped ship to the Republican Party, the brought their big government ideas with them.
Today we have the Communist Party V.S. The Party of "We want to run the Governments Budget".
Nowhere is the idea of Rolling it back even considered.