If you listen and read current rhetoric about deregulation, cutting taxes, issues, etc. from the conservative base the idea that these would be better controlled at state level is just another way tactic at more easily managing and controlling where these issues are decided. The motivation comes from the idea that state legislation’s are more easily manipulated and controlled and that the majority of Americans do not pay as much attention to state politics as they do on a national level. The only thing that usually gets peoples attention at the state level are hot button issues such as Gay Marriage, Legalization of Marijuana, Taxes, or Immigration control. So when you hear this buzz solution, just remember the motivation is to pull power down to local state legislation where pressure and influence can be applied with less questions, attention, and scrutiny. Rome was not built in a day, Divide and Conquer in bite size pieces.