Ari Fleischer actually said...

I think this is a debate that actually helps Mitt Romney. The more this election is fought over economic matters, the economy...

But President Obama's budget, if he gets everything he's asked for, would increase it by $10 trillion, twice the amount.

Barack Obama was a United States senator, he opposed raising the debt limit. He called it unpatriotic to raise the debt limit.

Every president has to deal with the issues that are on the plate in the era in which they serve.