ST. CLOUD, Minn. - Seeking to gain ground against Sen. John Kerry, President Bush said Thursday that his Democratic opponent "wants to expand government" in education, health care, taxes and virtually every other area of domestic policy.
"We have a difference of philosophy in this campaign," Bush told supporters. "It's a clear difference: my opponent's programs will expand government. Our programs will expand opportunity."
I support the President and I am going to vote for him in November, but "growth of the government" is not his strong suit. His administration has developed a lot of new bureaucracy and has spent a lot of tax dollars. Yes some of it was necessary in the wake of 9/11, but he has been fairly spend happy. In fact, I'm not so sure I'd be voting for him had the Democrats nominated a candidate that took national security and international terrorism seriously.
This is a national security election, however, and Bush has made it clear that he can do a better job than Kerry in that regard. Bush needs to stick to his strengths.