Part of it is, they may think there is no alternative.

I have maintained that Government and Government Lite™ are not the only two options. I listen to Dr. Jay Batt, Dr. Drew, RFK, and a number of other talking heads, and despite my agreement with them concerning some things, they still insist that the answer is government. I see this shoring up and backing certain candidates as if this latest group will do anything once subjected to the mill of government.

I think one such pundit said that to counter a broken agency, we need to create another agency to supplant it. That sounds wrong to me. I think the first question is "Do we need an agency at all?" I certainly don't have the answers, but I know that two people hanging out with me for an hour have a much better idea than the state as to what needs I have.