Starting off a story in Bloomberg News: "President George W. Bush is poised to leave the federal government in worse financial shape than he found it...."

But I thought Republicans were all about small government, less spending, and balancing budgets? I thought the Dems were the fat-cat spenders? But Bill Clinton handed GW a hefty surplus only to see it squandered by a GOP-controlled Congress and White House.

Can we now and forever be rid of this farce about Republicans? They simply make government worse, and more expensive.