Obama: I Promise To Cut The Deficit In Half By 2013 Henry Blodget Jun. 27, 2010, 8:10 PM According to the AP, President Obama just promised to cut the US deficit in half as a percentage of GDP by 2013. That would certainly be a start. So can we get Congress to commit to that? If so, we'd be a lot more supportive of additional near-term stimulus spending (which, otherwise, we think will just become long-term structural overspending). Obama also said a lot of other stuff: By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and TOM RAUM, Associated Press Writers TORONTO (AP) — President Barack...