CNN:
A quarter century after the Reagan revolution and a dozen years after Republicans vaulted into control of Congress, a new CNN poll finds most Americans still agree with the bedrock conservative premise that, as the Gipper put it, "government is not the answer to our problems -- government is the problem."
The poll released Friday also showed that an overwhelming majority of Americans perceive, correctly, that the size and cost of government have gone up in the past four years, when Republicans have had a grip on the House of Representatives, the Senate and the White House.
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Queried about their views on the role of government, 54 percent of the 1,013 adults polled said they thought it was trying to do too many things that should be left to individuals and businesses. Only 37 percent said they thought the government should do more to solve the country's problems.
I agree with libertarian Neal Boortz that it might be good for the Republican Party if the Democrats captured the House and Republicans retained the Senate. This would hopefully give them a wake-up call and force them to reconsider their principles that got them elected. And frankly, given how some Republicans have acted while in power, they shouldn't maintain control in Washington.
UPDATE: As a further testament to the strength of the Reagan Revolution, the New York Times reports that Democrats have begun producing less liberal candidates in order to win seats in Congress. If the Republicans lose ground in the midterms, part of the reason may be because they failed to grasp the Reagan legacy.
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