In my opinion, Democrats are falling into a deadly trap.

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55. I still think the derivative problem will be the bigger political problem. But, ...

First, the national deficit is coming down under Obama, year by year. Now, do you think our media covers that or intercepts a misinforming Republican? No, me neither.

When you want Dems to respond, I think you mean respond effectively. That's not straight-forward, that's not honesty, that's not facts and figures. It is, rather, the mystery of three-dimensional chess in my book.

So, if you have some way to get the idea that our national deficit is going down. Go for it. Please.

BTW, I call the actual change in national debt the national deficit, not to be confused with the budget deficit which is a nice number but generally useless in comparisons such as trends. The word deficit, alone, is so badly misused by Republicans that its use is now only to confuse people by comparing budget apples and national oranges.

I'm not being much help to you in this, am I. I'd better take another laundry break.