President on the Verge of...

Who said, Obama's budget is "a nervous breakdown on paper"? Mitch McConnell? No. It was the head of the Congressional Black Caucus.

UPDATE: The WSJ sez:

Federal budgets are by definition political documents, but even by that standard yesterday's White House proposal for fiscal year 2013 is a brilliant bit of misdirection. With the abracadabra of a tax increase on the wealthy and defense spending cuts that will never materialize, the White House asserts that in President Obama's second term revenues will soar, outlays will fall, and $1.3 trillion annual deficits will be cut in half like the lady in the box on stage.

All voters need to do is suspend disbelief for another nine months. And ignore the first four years.

Read it all here.