Barack Obama seen nodding in approval.

(RCP) — “The message was sent at the ballot box and it was an historic election. We were just told that the era of big government is here to stay and you will pay for it whether you want it or not. But they can’t sell it to us. So this new version isn’t just the same as the Great Society, it is much worse. It is couched in the language of national greatness. That is their version of American Exceptionalism. It is an exceptionally big government,” Sarah Palin said at the Reagan Ranch on Friday night.