On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:34:39 -0700, jps wrote:

Have a look at the history of federal debt during presidencies and
you'll find the deficit has gone down during D administrations and up
during R administrations.

Stop being stupid, please. Congress has budgetary power, not the
president. The 104th Congress - during Clinton's administration - was
the last one with any semblance of fiscal responsibility, and they
opposed Clinton's proposed spending, so far as to cause a showdown over a
government shutdown.