That Wasn't Me!

Presidents get far to much blame and far too much credit for the performance of the national economy. But is is strange that President Obama wouldn't take credit last year's record deficit, a deficit he helped created with his votes in the Senate, and which he would quadruple this year under his proposed budget. The AP fact checks the President's deficit dodge:

"That wasn't me," President Barack Obama said on his 100th day in office, disclaiming responsibility for the huge budget deficit waiting for him on Day One. It actually was him — and the other Democrats controlling Congress the previous two years — who shaped a budget so out of balance.

And as a presidential candidate and president-elect, he backed the twilight Bush-era stimulus plan that made the deficit deeper, all before he took over and promoted spending plans that have made it much deeper still.

We present the Obama "First 100 Days" Theme Song: