OBAMA ADMINISTRATION STIMULUS: White House Sees Fiscal Cliff Deal As Last, Best Hope.

"Most of what you're talking about -- it's keeping your foot where it is on the accelerator, which makes a lot of sense if you are thinking about the underlying economy," said Jared Bernstein, Vice President Joe Biden's former top economist and a leading proponent of addition stimulus. "You don't want to take your foot off right now."

Right. If we just accelerate, maybe we can make it to the other side of the fiscal Grand Canyon.