So she goes into the Messy Little Raindrops campaign with something of a goodwill deficit, which is unfortunate, because it's rubbish.
The path forward would not be easy for Mr. Santorum, especially given that he would be at something of a delegate deficit to Mr. Romney.
In fact, this year's gathering was suffering from something of a despot deficit, or at least the ranks of haranguers raging against the evils of capitalism and the West have been drastically thinned by revolutions or disease.
Skillset's research into the demographic make-up of our industries show that the sector is still suffering something of a diversity deficit, with 39% women, 6% black, Asian and other visible ethnic minority (BAME) and 9% disability in the creative media workforce compared to 47% women, 9% BAME and 15% disabled in the UK workforce.
The Bloomberg administration is in something of a bind: facing a deficit of $3 billion to $4 billion in the fiscal year that begins July 1, it must cut spending more.
Vicky Redwood at Capital Economics said the large current account deficit "casts something of a cloud over the figures".
If they still perform poorly, make sure they do not have an attention deficit or something of a similar sort.
But the pledge, which Mr. Obama has made before, has been derided by some fiscal analysts as something of a gimmick: the nation's annual deficits have been much larger than its annual war costs in recent years.
While other Reagan aides argued for ever more tax cuts and military spending, Mr. Feldstein warned of the dangers of looming budget deficits and became something of a persona non grata in the West Wing.
Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget and something of a ringleader in the search for a bipartisan deficit deal, has also embraced the idea.
