[Cacophonous]

Republicans no longer have an excuse. If they go back on their promises to reduce the size and scope of government, then they will have been shown to be the liars we suspect they are.

Very true. But the real test is whether or not the die-hard GOP supporters still support the GOP after the government continues to expand, or whether they will make excuses ("they only have a simple majority, not a super-majority", "the democrats filibustered", "there's a war on, he had to expand the government", etc.).

And to be fair, those of us that doubt have to be ready to concede if the size of the government does shrink.

[Digger]

These are all of the excuses that will be used. Now I am not a libertarian. I am a true conservative. I know that government will grow. The Pubbie party is no more conservative than the JFK was in his adminstration. Maybe that played partially in his demise. Bottom line. the people/persons that support these candidates are the elites & they determine the outcome. The players in this "two-party cartel" play a silly game & try to convince the sheeple of doing good intents. Don't forget what Alexander Tyler said about democracies.

[Dead Corpse]

I'm ready! Just ONCE, I'd love for our government to suprise me in a pleasent way.

Bold faced type. A double-helping of crow pie. Eat my own words. Admit I was a unfaithful dumbass.

In two years, assuming I haven't gotten sick of the admin's selective censorship policies, I'll start a thread with a bold type heading...

"I'M SORRY I DOUBTED YOU".

I'll even switch to a registered Republican.

No BS. I'm serious.