No, I'm not ignoring the Presidents responisibilties, i'm saying the ELECTED LEGISTLATURE is tha main problem.
You will get no argument from anyone here that the GOP congress, especially the senators have been a huge disappointment.
That being said, congress has given Bush everything that he has asked for except in the area of judicial appointments. Bush would probably prefer spending bills that did not have so much pork, but he hasn't cared enough to veto one, threaten a veto or even complain about it.
He has also called for new entitlements that were his idea and did not originate in congress.