Exactly, and the tenor of the posts to this thread seem to hold Dubyuh blameless for the rampant growth in the Federal Leviathan during Dubyuh's first term. Fact is, the Republican Congress has pretty much given Dubyuh what he's wanted, and that has included a whole lot of wasteful spending. I'm glad some of them are finally saying enough is enough and standing up against him on his lack of fiscal conservatism!!
That said, Dubyuh's made some statements that hint he's getting the message. For instance, after pledging that he'd hold domestic discretionary spending to an increase of 4% in his SOTU address, he heard the rumblings and changed that to 1% growth in his following Saturday radio address...he needs to make this a higher priority and make sure the lawmakers know that he will use his veto power to enforce this laudible goal. On another instance recently, he talked about 128 Federal programs that could be either eliminated or drastically cut...let's start seeing these programs disappear and I believe the Congressfolks will rally to his cause!!
FReegards...MUD