In 2000 George W. Bush campaigned across the country telling voters: "My opponent trusts government. I trust you." Little wonder that some of his supporters are now wondering which candidate won that election. Federal spending has increased by 23.7 percent since Bush took office. Education has been further federalized in the No Child Left Behind Act. Bush pulled out all the stops to get Republicans in Congress to create the biggest new entitlement program -- prescription drug coverage under Medicare -- in 40 years. He pushed an energy bill that my colleague Jerry Taylor described as "three parts corporate welfare...