Yup, the ball is in their court. Now it's time for them to put up or shut up about being for limited government.
Have you any predictions of what excuses will be offered when government not only doesn't shrink but gets even bigger, or do you think they'll just ignore the issue, and attack their critics?
"The Polls said...."
"Regulations passed by previous administrations are holding us up and we are too gutless to change them ourselves."
"Starving puppies."
"Read my lips...."
"A thousand points of light..."
"Forging a New World Order..."
They've used them in the past. I guess we'll find out.