Obama's Changing Views on the Debt Ceiling

Back in 2006, a young Senator Obama was adamant about not raising the national debt ceiling and said it would reflect a "failure in leadership" to do so.  Fast forward to 2011 and the national debt is rapidly approaching that congressionally-approved debt ceiling.  President Obama, contrary to his earlier statements when he was a senator, now seems to think that raising the debt ceiling is critical to ensuring that America does not default. 

Hmmm... how about we start cutting massive amounts of spending and shut down all federal departments and programs that are not provided for in the Constitution instead, Mr. President?  You were right in 2006.  It is too bad that under your leadership and that of the 111th congress that we are now in a position in which we must decide whether to raise our debt ceiling yet again.  What you once saw so clearly is now something to which you are apparently blinded, sir.

Obama's Contradictions on Iraq

"We can send 15 thousand more troops, 20 thousand more troops, 30 thousand more troops, I don't know any expert on the region or any military officer that I have spoken to privately that believes that that is going to make a substantial difference on the situation on the ground." - Candidate Obama

And now the President's Press Secretary has a completely different stance on the issue when confronted by an actual journalist not afraid to ask the tough questions.