Redstate

It's not too late for President Bush to leave office with a strong legacy on fiscal responsibility, but his decision next week on an anti-earmark executive order will go a long way in determining how he's remembered, Wall Street Journal columnist John Fund told conservatives tonight at Awakening in Sea Island, Ga.

Fund had harsh words for earmark-addicted Republicans in Congress, notably Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska. Fund predicted Stevens wouldn't be re-elected this year, likely because he'll be indicted for corruption. Here's how he summed up the GOP's earmark problem:

Conservatives went to Washington to clean up the swamp and a few of them found that it makes a nice hot tub.

Fund also confirmed, as I reported earlier, that Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is the biggest obstacle standing in the way of Bush's idea to cancel lawmakers' earmarks.