Barack Obama actually said...

if we united Democrats and Republicans and independents from red states as well as blue states, if we rallied the entire Nation around a com...

it would be a mistake to take our success in the campaign as a sign that our work is somehow complete.

Our problem is not just a deficit of dollars, it's a deficit of accountability, and a deficit of trust.

And in the short-term, we will actually see potentially additions to the deficit.