The Republican Party under George W. Bush is actually the party of ineffective big government.

So what are we stuck with under complete Republican control of Washington: ineffective big government. Republicans believe that this will cajole more Americans into believing that the only solution is to limit government. But the Democrats can and must mount a strong retort to this theory by showing that government can have a capacity for good -- just not under incompetent Republican leadership. If the Dems can indeed do this, then an end might be in sight for the Republican era of ineffective big government.