It is a test he has already flunked

NY Times:

Test for Obama as Deficit Stays Over $1 Trillion

President Obama and Mitt Romney have very different ideas on reducing the budget deficit, but experts have doubts that either plan is up to the challenge.

Why would anyone think Obama is really serious about dealing with the debt crisis?  He has already shown he is incapable of cutting a deal with anyone other than liberals whoa re also not serious about dealing with the deficit.  While they claim that tax increases are the answer, they just want them to get more revenue to spend, not reduce the deficit.  Every time they have claimed they are willing to reduce spending to get higher taxes, we get the tax increases and they keep on spending with no real cut in spending.  In fact the only cuts they ever support are ones that reduce national security.

I say this just in case they wonder why it is so hard for them to get a deal.