[Rick Lee]

As irate as I am at Bush about spending, it takes two to tango and by law, Congress does control the purse strings. Bush has been too weak on veto threats on pork spending because he needs those guys' help on other issues. His political capital is not such that he can run roughshod over some of the most egregious pork spenders in Congress (and I'm not sure he would if he could). But his lack of even trying to rein it in is what drives me nuts. It will come back to bite the GOP in the as$ when the true believers don't bother to go vote in Nov.