WASHINGTON – Get ready to hear a lot of huge numbers Tuesday: The Obama administration is expected to boost its estimate of the federal deficit over the next decade by $2 trillion, a move likely to trigger political wrangling over who's to blame and how harmful all the red ink will be.

The White House's Office of Management and Budget is expected to forecast $9 trillion in deficits over the next 10 years, up from a $7 trillion estimate earlier this year, according to White House officials who spoke last week on the condition of anonymity. The increase is largely due to lower-than-expected tax revenues as a result of the recession...

Budget hawks were aghast when the federal deficit hit a record $455 billion in fiscal
2008, more than double the previous year.

That figure could double again in 2009, to $1 trillion, but even balanced budget advocates are saying
that may be the price we have to pay to revive the failing economy...