The U.S. government has 15 different agencies overseeing food-safety laws, more than 20 separate programs to help the homeless and 80 programs for economic development.
The GOP is being handed the blueprint to victory for the party and America. The Tea Party groups are likely to latch onto this and not let go, holding GOP feet to the fire. This kind of bloated self-perpetuating bureaucracy is indefensible in any time, let alone in a time of fiscal insolvency, and it's an easy case to make.
One can make the case that such things are not constitutionally mandated, and that is a tough thing to sell politically. But it is not tough to sell the idea that there should be ONE agency overseeing food safety, ONE agency to help the homeless, and ONE program for economic development.
I suspect that the GOP will be putting that case together shortly, or at least if they have any illusions that they don't need to, the Tea Party will force the issue.
Can I just say as an aside, thank God for the Tea Party? I mean literally, thank God. I believe in American providence, and in the Tea Party I see what is perhaps the last opportunity for America to reclaim its blessings.