这个策略刚为布什赢得再次当选的胜利 — — 这场险胜巩固了共和党对国会的控制 — — 后不久，人们就开始认识到布什在财政上不计后果的作法。
No sooner did this strategy pay off with a narrow re-election victory – one that strengthened Republican control of Congress – than the dark realities of Bush’s fiscal recklessness started to be recognized.