It is difficult to say publically because dems are running attack ads like the one against Hutchinson accusing him of voting for tax breaks to be given to Enron. They are unsurpassed when it comes to public manipulation. They are equal with the Islamacist's and Hitler.
You are one of several people who have recently put forth the thesis that the Bush administration is going along with statist, unconstitutional things because of the political climate. I strongly disagree.
Have you heard of the principle of Occam's razor? Briefly put, it says that the most simple explanation is most likely the correct one. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, looks like a duck, and craps like a duck, it is very likely a duck. Likewise if the Bush signs bills like a liberal statist, refuses to rescind EO's on gun control like a liberal statist, refuses to put the brakes on the alphabet soup of agencies who sole purpose is to remove our freedoms like a liberal statist, then he is a liberal statist.