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.
As opposed to many of the so-called ones in this country. I find it ironic that many people who call themselves Democrats are the ones in the forefront of poo pooing democracy when it actually happens. If a Democrat was in the White House, they’d be praising it, and him (or her) to the skies, of course.
Anway, Adam Keiper has compiled a stirring video of the Iraqi elections.
“Would you want him as a role model? Would you want your son or daughter to be like him?” asked Don Hammond, a member of the Hall of Fame selection committee. “I haven’t talked to anybody yet who’s for him. The word to describe Michael Moore is embarrassing. He embarrasses everybody.”