Some of you may be familiar with a survey from about a year ago, in which Americans were asked which party could best be described as "the party of big government." 28% of respondents said that would be the Democratic Party, while just under 40% stated that it was the Republican Party. Now, there might be a number of possible explanations for these results: maybe there wasn't a truly representative sample; maybe the 40% were all Democrats trying to give Republicans a bad name; maybe "big government" was perceived as a good thing!