Keep Your Fingers Crossed

From Bob Novak's column today:

To show that President Bush is serious about reducing government spending, the Office of Management and Budget is asking government departments to propose deep cuts.

Each agency is supposed to prepare a budget 5 percent lower than last year's request for all non-Defense and non-Homeland Security spending. They also are preparing an extreme option proposing 10 percent reductions.

If Bush can get this done, he'll be my hero.