Dubya's spending spree is so obvious that even many pro-war Republican organizations are increasingly unwilling to rationalize it. A new report by Alison Fraser of the conservative Heritage Foundation stated that"Spending has increased twice as fast under President Bush as it did under President Clinton. [National Security related spending] accounts less than half of the new spending that has occurred since 9/11."

I suppose that this means that more folks from Heritage will be cut from White House dinner invitation lists. My guess, however, is that replacements will be found at the more reliably pro-Bush American Enterprise Institute .