Republicans abandon support for smaller government

"During a cheerful and pleasant meeting (that’s the kind of guy Gillespie is)
at The Union Leader offices, the party’s new chairman, energetic and full of
vigor, said in no uncertain terms that the days of Reaganesque Republican
railings against the expansion of federal government are over.
No longer does the Republican Party stand for shrinking the federal
government, for scaling back its encroachment into the lives of Americans,
or for carrying the banner of federalism into the political battles of the
day.
The party’s unofficial but clear message to conservatives is: Where else are
you going to go? To the Democrats? To the Libertarians? They don’t think so."

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Hmmm . . . Where else, indeed? Social conservatives I can do without. Fiscal conservatives, on the other hand . . .