Perhaps a second Bush term will do more for smaller government than the first term did.

I hope so, but this will be a battle royal with his own party:

President Bush will seek deep cuts in farm and commodity programs in his new budget and in a major policy shift will propose overall limits on subsidy payments to farmers, administration officials said Saturday.

Such limits would help reduce the federal budget deficit and would inject market forces into the farm economy, the officials said.

As a new Floridian (and occasional sugar consumer), I hope that they can reduce (if not eliminate) sugar subsidies specifically. They’re helping destroy the Everglades, and many Third World economies, including many in the Caribbean.