When Republicans were in power, he never batted an eyelash at earmarks, which are something like ¾% of the budget, but now he’s decided it’s a good time to go to war against them.

Oh…me bad…He’s thinking that NEXT fiscal year is a good time to start this “war on earmarks”, so he’s just “announcing” them at this SOTU speach.

Even the Republicans are calling weak:

But if he was seeking to placate the fiercest foes of earmarking, he failed. Rep. John Shadegg (R-Ariz.) called Bush’s plan “weak.” Thomas A. Schatz, president of the conservative Citizens Against Government Waste, labeled it “fiscal snake oil.”

Well, I guess it meats steroids.