It’s hard to believe, but the Republicans seem to believe that they got killed in the last two elections because they acted like a majority party and spent money, and that they can become a majority party again by opposing all forms of government activism and spending. What they’re really doing is adapting to permanent minority status. The whole ‘never raise taxes, government is evil’ schtick is the strategy of a party permanently on the outside looking in. Elect the Republicans to power again and they’ll drop the spending part at the drop of a hat.