Heh. Too bad the only things either major party cares about is re-election or the status quo. Once upon a time, Republicans cared about trimming the budget and the size of the government, but....with various elections every other year and their move towards the middle, that is holding true less and less.
Don't get me wrong, I would love to see either a Republican or a third-party candidate that would put their election on the line and say they were going to trim the government (and reign it in) at all levels, and I think they would do well. But the party leadership probably wouldn't let that happen.