Republicans pretend to hate it.(Although there's usually always a very small fraction that do hate the power and size of the federal government. Same for fiscal

Republicans pretend to hate it.(Although there's usually always a very small fraction that do hate the power and size of the federal government. Same for fiscal conservatives.) Democrats pretend to hate it only when Republicans are at the levers. They know they'll get the power back and wouldn't want to take away any future powers.