The blame for the unnecessary domestic spending goes to the Democrats beholdenness to special interests: teacher unions, labor unions. True, W failed to find some other way to neutralize them. As others keep saying, he's been somewhat busy. Do we have a right to expect opposition party not to push so hard? Maybe. But they are a party out of control.
I agree in part, but some of that spending is the result of Bush's proposals. There is also the matter of the four letter word...VETO.