... 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."
Hallelujah!
And then they vote to re-elect their congressperson because it's different when they're getting the government funding... 
You can't really expect the general public to have a coherent ideology. A big chunk will probably just believe the simplest statement given to them because they don't feel like thinking about it. Most people are not political junkies on an internet forum.
Uhm your wrong and the free market wins gapu.
The free market sure hasn't done much for spelling.
...or reading, or thinking...
