But most observers say the budget is likely to justkeepgoingdown until some big new threat comes along to wake up Washington to the consequences of its actions.
So I'm going to call on a young lady first, and then I'm going to call on a gentleman, and we're justgoing to keep on goingdown the line, and we'll get through as many as we can.
"People say, 'My stock is down, and I'm going to justkeep it until it's back to where I bought it, '" says John Nersesian, managing director of wealth management services for Nuveen Investments.