Or the Oval Office for that matter. I wish to God that Bush had as much willingness to buck public opinion for the right cause in domestic matters as he does in foreign policy.

A good article on the busting of the budget here. Take special note of some of the famous quotes in the comment section.

There are broad areas of spending that we hoped, during the Reagan era, would be eliminated, or at least cut. Nothing like this has occurred, and in his eagerness to outdo the Democrats in passing out the Free Lunches, Bush is going to squander the economic growth his tax cuts are generating.

I remember that revenues doubled from the Reagan tax cuts, but that spending grew much faster (and it wasn't all the Democrats either). Deficits all the way.

I don't know what kind of politician can stand up nowadays and tell the American people, trained since birth to believe in the Free Lunch, that there ain't no such thing. Had Bush not promised a prescription drug benefit, the Democrats would have killed him on it, pulling examples out of the woodwork and saying that without Free Drugs, this little old lady would SURELY DIE! What's ironic is that with the passage of the bill, they are going to do EXACTLY THE SAME THING.

Bush needs to take a look at what compromise has gotten him. Did his education bill make Ted Kennedy all friendly? Did anything he met the Democrats halfway on buy him one single break from the Democratic Party?

Bush needs to get some balls, and a brand new veto pen.