USNews.com: John Leo: Can liberalism survive? (3/7/05)

John Leo's March 7th column mentioned, "the liberal agenda consists of wanting to spend more, while conservatives want to spend less". While spending did increase during the Clinton administration, the average Bush budget has seen an annual spending increase three times as great as the average Clinton budget.

If liberalism is defined by spending, then liberalism appears to be very much alive and is residing in the Oval Office and both houses of Congress.