not to quibble with the omb or the cbo, but bo's notion that he's going to halve the deficit during his term just seems baldly ridiculous. the trillion might just be the first installment on the stimulus, and creates many programs that will have to be funded for many years. what the bank bailout will finally entail in anyone's guess: $1.5 trillion, one would think. then tax revenues will be severely curtailed by the recession. any sense that deficit spending might be a problem is refreshing at this moment, but this seems, let's just say, ludicrous and dishonest. it's one of those times when you just go, huh?