That's our President. I have voted for him twice and would do so again, but he (and I suspect Karl Rove) made the politically advantageous decision that the Republican Party has failed in its attempts to defeat the New Deal. The American people assume that government is supposed to take care of people and make their lives easier, and that is its main purpose. Bush and Rove realized that, and have spent accordingly. The American people want all the government they can get, so long as they don't have to pay for it.