After spending binge, White House says it will focus on deficits

Yes, it will focus on deficits...they will make them larger. And they claim cap and trade is off the table, but that's how they lull us to sleep. Schwarzenegger told Californians he wouldn't sign the thumb print for ammo bill, then he did. The democrats told us healthcare wouldn't pass the House, then they pass it. Do you believe them when they say they'll never pass it in the Senate? They told us cap and trade would never pass the House, but it did. Then they said it would never get out of Senate sub-committee, but it did. Now Obama says cap and trade is not on the agenda, and then they will pass it. They'll pass it all, because that's the globalist agenda and they don't care what you and I think. It's times like this I am reminded why all this populist uprising to vote the current bums out won't matter. By then the harm done by the current bums will be irreversable.

Politico -

President Barack Obama plans to announce in next year's State of the Union address that he wants to focus extensively on cutting the federal deficit in 2010 – and will downplay other new domestic spending beyond jobs programs, according to top aides involved in the planning.

The president's plan, which the officials said was under discussion before this month’s Democratic election setbacks, represents both a practical and a political calculation by this White House.

On the practical side, Obama has spent more money on new programs in nine months than Bill Clinton did in eight years, pushing the annual deficit to $1.4 trillion. This leaves little room for big spending initiatives.

On the political side, Obama can help moderate Democrats avoid some tough votes in an election year and, perhaps more importantly, calm the nerves of independent voters who are voicing big concerns with the big spending and deficits. Even if Obama succeeds - and that’s a big if - it will be tough for many Democrats to sell themselves as deeply concerned about spending after voting for the stimulus, the bailouts, the health care legislation and a plan to address global warming, four enormous government programs.

“Democrats have to reassure voters we are not being reckless,” said a Democratic official involved in the planning. “The White House knows this and that's why we'll be hearing a lot about reducing the deficit early next year. Democrats owned this issue for the past four years and cannot afford to cede it to Republicans now."