[rdb3]

Dubya, by contrast, has proposed many programs to increase the size of big government.

Those tall shiny buildings that were in Manhattan, did their destruction have anything to do with this? Are we at war now?

Are you upset at Jim Jeffords? Why, or why not?

[Austin Willard Wright]

The fact that Dubya has (or had) over 80 percent popularity would seem to support the view that has much more leveragen since September 11 to propose reducations in the welfare/regulatory state. Isn't this Political Science 101 e.g. popular presidents have more power to enact their agenda?

Before September 11, he was in a much weaker position in this regard (with or without Jeffords). In any case, I doubt that an argument can be made that Dubya's budget busting farm bill, steel tariffs, mental health parity, refusal to support drilling in the Gulf, has anything to do with do with the war against terrorism.