Weekly Vodcast: 9-24-08With the state’s budget deficit looming at over $300 million, House Republican Leader Larry Cafero talks about the ways we can address this problem.House and Senate Republicans are holding an informational budget forum on Thursday morning, September 25th at 10:00 a.m. in the Legislative Office Building. Democrats are apparently not interested in doing anything until November 18th… after the election.Rep. Denise Merrill, D-Mansfield, co-chairwoman of the budget-writing appropriations committee, said it was “fine” for the Republicans to hold a forum, but the full, Democrat-controlled budget and finance committees will not hold a hearing on the issues until Nov. 18 - after the elections.“To me, that’s soon enough,” Merrill said.-Hartford Courant, September 23, 2008 Naturally, waiting until after the election couldn’t possibly mean that Democrats are planning on solving the problem by raising your taxes.  Right?Check back at House Rules on Thursday for more from the scheduled budget forum.