I'll have more on this when it's released tomorrow morning, but with a projected $400 billion plus deficit, $3 trillion or more in spending, and program cuts that few, if any Republicans will support, it is time to do what needs to be done: The Bush fiscal 2009 budget is so dead that it may not even make it to the Monday evening political talk shows.

Ask yourself this question: Would you rather cover the Super Tuesday primaries or the budget of a lame duck president that his own party will run away from?