John Cole raised an excellent point. The new Obama administration budget is only $100 billion more than Bush's final budget.

You might be thinking, Okay? And...?

Unlike Bush, the Obama budget includes Iraq and Afghanistan war funding. Bush kept the wars off the budget.

Every Democrat in Congress, say nothing of the White House itself, ought to be screaming this through gigantic bullhorns right now. They ought to be on every cable news show bragging about this to anyone who will give them a few seconds in front of the fake library background. And if they're not -- why the hell not?