My take on the Bush adminstration's proposed budget cuts to education, health care, farm subsidies, and environmental programs? It's actually bad for the Democrats. That's right - bad.

Administration officials acknowledge that there's little chance of even half these proposed cuts making it into the final deal, and many Republican congressmen have already stated that the proposal is DOA. So what does this mean? The administration doesn't have anything to lose by going for broke (har har) with this budget - Bush is out after this term, and Cheney will not run. Republican congressmen get to stand up to the administration and fight for their constituents - which puts them in a positively splendid position for the 2006 elections.