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I support the president, but i dont care for Pelosi/Reed, or Boeher/McConnel. . I think these guys need to retire and let some new blood with new ideas come in. . Republicans already know what the president wants to accomplish, instead of saying "NO", come up with different ideas that will accomplish those ideas, it can't be that hard . . (I already hear it coming "TAX CUTS")

Yeah the budgets is large. . and the deficits are a problem. .
But 1 question bush doubled the debt but what did we actually gain or what future returns will we recieve off it? ? ? (insert your answer here)

There are somethings we need to invest in and things we need to fix. All of things will cost a lot in the short term, but i believe the future returns will be greatly worth it. . we may not see any direct benefit for a least 20 years, but i think its well worth.

We as americans we don't make anything any more, we import everything. So we need to replace our failing manufacturing sector(that keeps declining) with some new, may Green industry related jobs, like it or not, i think that will be the builder of the middle class in the future.

How is everything the republican's fault? Our economy is built on credit. Eventually you have to pay the price, plus interest.

I must say, it's the Democrats that usually are the 'unfocused', fight among themselves. Fortunately, we have President Obama who remain focused on the issues and not get distracted. Now, it's the Republicans that struggles to find a message that resonates w/ the people. To keep the base, they lose the young, to get the young in, they lose the base ... because to me, the base looks frightening and it scares people again. Obama won the last time not only because he is appealing, but also Sarah Palin scares people away.

Look, Republicans ... we don't think that Obama is a 'God'. We do see that he uses his time to come up w/ solutions that might help the country. He came to you and asked for your help. You closed the door on him. Your ideas have been tried and it has failed and you have no new ideas. At least, we see Obama is trying ... we don't see you try, and for that, Obama remains popular, and you lose your popularity.

To all you Obama haters posting here, all I can say is, you have intellectually refused to look at the truth. Bushco ran up a deficit to pay off their buddies (halliburton, etc.) in a protracted war, and didn't even include that cost in his budget. He cut taxes on big oil and others without making any demands on those corporatists that they spend that gift on the future of their country as they developed their business models. Bush's whole presidency was a money grab by the rich and we all know it. And that is only the financial portion of their sins. You people blame Obama because he is spending large sums of money trying to keep our economy in motion after the republicans brought it to its knees. This is sickening. I believe in a two party system, as it is clear the democrats must answer to us as well, but I have no respect for the republican party, or for the people who give them their support by looking the other way.

The Republican platform has plummeted to the lowest level in decades. The Bush tax cuts (It cost 2 trillion in lost tax revenues) were the worst idea ever. The IRS code was written with a graduated scale designed so that those with more should pay more than those with modest or average earnings. We give big biz exorbitant tax cuts to maintain labor and production in the US. But that is false. The big corporations, built by the working American people, took their labor out of country. Small business employes 58 percent of all labor here in the US. Lining the pockets of the wealthy and mega business interests have quickly erased both tax revenues and the american labor market. So when the Republicans talk about conservate spending, does that include a non-spending for the American public and just tax benefits for the wealthy and the big business that take our money overseas? We are all tired of the rhetoric about how big biz makes the American dream. It is false and it is wrong. Any American biz that takes it's labor market overseas should be taxed at greater levels and taxed as a foreign enterprise. Banks that shylock should be forced to REBATE any and all abuses. The budget today is necessary to correct the inbalances established in the previous ten years.

I agree that a lot of money has been spent by both President Bush & Obama,it is cause for concern.Let's take a look at the spending of both.Mr. Bush invested the majority of taxpayers dollars in the Iraqi People through his support of the Iraq War. The return on that investment? 0!!! President Obama Wants to invest in the American Middle Class and I for one hope he is successful.If investing taxpayer dollars in education,healthcare and housing is seen as wasteful spending,then I fear for the future of our children.Hopefully he will be able to do this after he clean up the mess created by a lack of regulation of our finanial institutions,the criminal bankers and the wall street thiefs. God Bless America

When will the campaign end? Enough already. It is time to send Alexroid back to Chicago. He did a great job in marketing to get Obama elected. Now, let Obama spend his time being the president rather than a non stop candidate. The country is faced with many serious problem and requires bipartisian support to solve. This never happens during any campaign. Bipartisian support only happens when the campaign is over.

All of this would have been avoided if the U.S. Supreme court would have allowed the Florida recount to continue. Justices Scalia, Thomas, and Co. are just as responsible for screwing up this country as the Bush administration is.

If Al Gore would have been President instead of George W. Bush we wouldn't be in this mess right now.

When you've got them on the ground, you may as well throw in a few kicks, eh DNC.
The DNC must be a little paranoid about the possibililty that the GOP may be able to get back on their feet.
So much division is not good for the country. Should the GOP collapse and we have nothing but the DNC, then you would see the DNC divide into conservative (blue dog) and liberals and we would have the same thing we have now. Better that we understand there will always be differences and get on with the business of the people and stop with the negative rhetoric on both sides. We are in a hole folks and need to expend some energy getting out of it.

Are people forgetting that George Bush's budget did not include the cost of war and Obama's does, guess delcaring war on two countries is real expensive hun repbulicans

Everyone should know by now. You can not disagree with the chosen one. No matter how stupid the moves are or damaging Obama is to our country, you can not question him. The liberals will go after you.

Once again, CNN has uncovered the two biggest threats to our free society – Democrats and Republicans.

Hey, doesn't anybody get it??? The people in this country are fed up with BOTH parties. Bush started the out of control spending and now the Dems are trying to perfect it!! Wake up Washington and stop spending our childrens future for your own political gains!!!

Please no more of this childish bickering, Give country back to us. My husband could probably do a better job on getting the budget under control. Can't reduce taxes and get us out of this. We gladly pay our taxes as long we see progress. Give me back or our money until you can figure out what to spend it on with our approval.

The difference between the Republican spending and Obama's budget for the future is the difference between a family buying a swimming pool versus investing money in their son's education.
Also, it's funny how easily the funds were approved of to rebuild Iraq but people are so reluctant to fund a plan to rebuild and re-invest in our health and education needs here at home.

Party Of Hypocrites, So True!

Cut Taxes For The Rich That's All They Know.
Health Care Cost High – Cut Taxes For The Rich
Iraq War / Wars- Cut Taxes For The Rich
High Unemployment – Cut Taxes For The Rich
Factories Closing – Cut Taxes For The Rich
Americans losing there Homes – Cut Taxes For The Rich
Foreign Policy – Cut Taxes For The Rich
Cut Taxes For The Rich – Cut Taxes For The Rich
Taxes – Cut Taxes For The Rich
Oil – Cut Taxes For The Rich
GOP – Cut Taxes For The Rich
8 years of Bush – Cut Taxes For The Rich
recession – Cut Taxes For The Rich
Climate change – Cut Taxes For The Rich

He's spending three times what Bush did... and still asking for WAR money outside the budget (like he said he wouldn't do).... none of which is part of the 1.7 Trillion in TARP... which now the companies want to give back because they DONT want the gov running their buisness...

DUH... of course they said no... but hey... so did some Democrats... go after those guys if you want...

Looks like someones nervous about the economy improving while you just spent a couple trillion for nothing... Don't worry Dems... we won't forget... Numbers are dropping daily... good bye honeymoon.

Go get 'em Boehner! While you're at it, publicize it widely that Obama's big "stimulus check" that we middle class received amounts to $10.00 a month! That's right – $10.00 a MONTH. He talks about how Republicans gave the rich a tax break? Well, Mr. Obama – 1) thanks for LOWERING the middle class tax break from $1,000 to $800.00 and 2) thanks for putting your spare change in our paychecks which amounts to $10.00 a month. At least if we would have gotten the money in a lump sum, our family could have used it to pay down bills and made a dent in the bills. Thanks, but no thanks – KEEP THE CHANGE!

It just makes me wonder why the DNC is spending all its money on fighting something that is not gonna change. It shows that this is the only thing that DNC thinks it is good at doing. What a bunch of children! Get on with important issues and stop wasting money on these childish name calling and do something more constructive.

I think the point that the Democrats are trying to make in this short attention span world is that the GOP is only telling half of the truth. It would be a lot more of an honest argument if someone from the GOP stood up and said "We are partially responsible for this massive deficit." We all know how much the GOP likes to admit their mistakes. Anybody on the GOP side want to begin the confession right here?

GOP has no hope. They are officially hope"less"... Its almmost sad to watch them crumble like they are right before our eyes. But thats what they get for force feeding us a president in G.W. Bush that wasnt qualified to manage a sweat shop in Indonesia.

Bottom line is: our country is ging to suffer greatly for years to come because of the karma that G.W. Bush and the republicans brought upon us.

God Bless the USA... Not palins God. Please

Bob in Pa April 21st, 2009 10:10 am ET

I love how they generously give away credit for the last four years of their being in charge. The President is the President. Congress sets the spending, he only approves it.

Right, HE APPROVES IT! And just when did Bush ever turn down an earmark, veto a Republican bill, or see a signing statement he didn't like? The Dems were in a slim majority the last 2 years of Bush-that does not equal any power..Bush vetoed everything he could get away with, you know, like money for education, and children's health, but spent plenty for his no-bid friends in Iraq. And we're the hypocrites? How soon they forget, and how happy they are to jump on the sound bite of the day.

They spent our money with nothing to show for it but war. Now that something can actually be accomplished the Republicans are throwing fits. I say it again. Republicans can have a heart attack for all I care. Sow the good seed that you might reap the good of it.

This video was made because it is now being reported that the democrats have lost a lot of the support of the younger voters. You know the ones – the college students who voted them into office and now see why the dems have had no power for 8 straight years. That's right – I'd be trying to do some damage control if I saw that their own party was disgusted. It's just too bad that the damage has already been done by electing them.

Listen, it's nothing new with these so-called conservatives republicans! Back when Bush was spending our tax dollars like there was no tomorrow, these bozos were backing him up completely! I did not see any cries from all these right wing freaks, no crying from baby Glenn Beck that he lives this country soooooo much, nothing from Insane Hannity, nothing from the Lord Limbaugh or Ann Coulter, nothing! Only that if we didn't like what Bush was doing we were call traitors, umpatriotic. We marched against the war, we were traitors yet when they had their tea parties, they were patriots! It is sickening to see these people parade around like they are the only ones that love this country and the Liberals hate it! We all live our country and why would we want this president to fail? If he fails we are in this mess for years to come.

Taylor April 21st, 2009 9:13 am ET

Bush and the Republican Congress cut the budget deficit in half during six years. Obama tripled the budget deficit in his first 60 days.
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Taylor, for your information, the Bush administration turned a budget surplus from the Clinton administration into a deficit, which in turn doubled our national debt by the end of his administration. The budget deficit this year is a result of the bailouts, which Bush started, and the unaccounted for cost of Iraq. Obama has added to this year's deficit with the continuation of the bailouts, but it would have been close to what it will end up even if W were still cowering in the corner of the Oval Office.

These obstructionist rethugs run around with thier panties on fire yelping gloom and doom "for your childern and grand children" about deficits. Typical fear tactics.
Guess what – I've been hearing that from these clowns for decades and you know what? My grand kids are doing just fine thank you.

Here's the real deal – Once the economy starts hitting on all cylinders again the increased tax revenues created by these various TARPs and stimulus plans will be retired within 5 to 10 years. These deficits are TEMPORARY. Ask Bill Clinton, he turned deficits into surplus. That's the dirty little secret the rethugs don't want you to know...

GOOD! GOP leaders are such hypocrits and never have any REAL solutions...it's about time the Dems put out a video slapping these guys in the face. The GOP keeps moaning about "pork spending" yet they put in their own "pork".

The GOP is nothing but whiners, deceit and enormous spending of their own and always aimed at helping the rich with that stupid Reagan "trickle down economics" that has done nothing but create corruption and greed in big corporations and CEOs and Wall Street. These Republicans do NOTHING to take this country forward...just whine whine whine no no no. If they want to continue to earn their pay from our tax dollars then they should do some honest work!

We have a good president and it's time the GOP TRY to work with him...but they don't and never have! Vote the die-hard Republicans out of Congress before they ruin this country even more.

Brett, I hate to break it to you but when Reagan took office the national debt was around $1 trillion dollars. When GHW Bush left office it was around $4 trillion. When Clinton left office it was around $5 trillion but running annual surpluses and the debt had actually come down a small amount. The national debt when W left office was around $10 trillion, so yes, the Republicans doubled the national debt. You also need to read more carefully, the clip said doubled, NOT tripled the debt which is exactly what W did during his 8 years.

What I don't get about the Republicans is that they don't seem to realize that the budget along with the stimulus bill has to be this large, in order to combat the depression we are in. They are combining the numbers of both in order to add to the deficit and the debt, but these are not long run measures. What they are is a reaction to fix the problems brought on by lassez faire economic regulation and a tax code geared toward the rich.

Has anyone posting seen the Job numbers over the fast 10 months? I suppose cutting spending now, would create more jobs? Tax cuts? Let's get serious and stop discussing these issues as if they occured in a vacum.

It appears that a lot of the Republican posters on hear are about as educated as W was. The national debt (about 10-12 Trillion dollars) is completely different from the deficit (400 Billion to 1.2 trillion annually.) I know you don't like to muddy-up your opinions with facts, but at least pretend to have a third-grade education. NCLB was too late for W and most of you, but hopefully your offspring won't be left behind too.

Hypocritical is heavily criticizing the Repubs for spending too much, then supporting even more spending as a solution to excessive spending. What?! If Dems are right in saying it was wrong then, Repubs are right in asserting it is still wrong now. Does anybody else see how absurd both parties are being?!

The economic policies President Obama has implemented are not popular. They don't look good. It is massive spending at a time when we are in debt and operating at a huge deficit. However, because of our current situation, it's something we have to do.
The Democratic party is in power now and they have a hard recession to deal with. We must apply what we know about economic science in order to overcome these obstacles. We are forced to take painful steps that under any other circumstances would be out of the question.
The gop is using this as an opprotunity to attack and better position themselves for the next election cycle. However, as much as they criticize, they offer no alternative solutions and have yet to take responsibility for their policy failures. This DNC video points out their hypocrisy.

Republicans seem to think that all spending is bad spending because they know that when they let spending get out of control, that's what it was...a complete waste of money. However, they do not consider that sometimes spending is good when it's done for something useful. The Dems are trying to spend to build our nation to a place where it should be and many Republicans think its wasteful to use the power of the government to help the constituents yet they did not seem to mind using the power of the government to help their friends. That is the hypocrisy that is important here. It's not about who's running up how much debt, deficit, etc. but who is making the right moves to ensure the strongest future possible for ALL AMERICANS. I find both sides lacking in this effort, but I give credit to the Dems for at least having something that resembles a plan to fix the mess the Republican leadership spearheaded. If we actually followed the Republican "plan" I am certain it would lead to the total collapse of the economy followed by massive cries for revolution. Republican policy would ensure that the gap between the wealthy and middle classes was even more outrageous than it is now. I'm not a psychic but history tells us that when disparity is too great between a powerful minority and a vast majority, there are major problems and as the cliche goes, if we do not learn from history we are doomed to repeat it.

Lori April 21st, 2009 9:53 am ET

So let me get this straight. It's o.k when Republicans who claim to be 'fiscal conservatives' run up the deficit (and they had no idea that a Democrat would become President in 2009 so for 8 years they ran up unprecedented deficits). Democrats spend money on issues they find important- they're known for that, so there is no hypocrisy there. Hypocrisy. Keep up the attacks Dems. Keep on reminding the American people what so-called 'fiscal conservatives' have done to this country… ECONOMIC COLLAPSE!!!
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So when the republicans doubled the debt over 8 years it was irresponsible but when Obama dose it over 1 year it is okay. I love your slant. "Democrats spend money on issues they find important- they're known for that, so there is no hypocrisy there." Explain that. Tell me how it is hypocrisy if I say the same thing about republicans.
Any way you look at this it is hypocritical for dems, especially Obama to talk about bush spending. Obama has spent 3.6 trillion inside of 100 days and dems want to talk about fiscal responsibility. what a joke.

I think the thing that gets me most is the two faced trouble making attitude of the right. They want the power back sooooooo much it has taken over their collective brains and they have to keep this rant up no matter what. It is getting on my nerves but it does keep reinforcing why I voted the way I did.

Facts people, FACTS. The FACT is that Pres. Bush more than doubled the nation debt over his term. Fact is that Boehner voted for nearly $10 trillion in budget spending, and Cantor supported slightly more than $12 trillion during the Bush years. Now the projection for Pres. Obama's budget is just that, IT"S A PROJECTION, not fact! There's no way of actually knowing what will happen. You can project all you want but it's still not facts!!!

For all of Boehner and Cantor's pontificating, what plans have they come up with? NONE.

The GOP has become an irrelevant fringe group that has yet to accept the fact that they were handed a clear mandate on November 4, 2008. The more they whine, the more marginalized they become. They need to pay attention to the shift in demographics and not hold onto the past, where white, rural ,academically challenged, gun-totting religious zealots ran the party. It is time to move on and change their message and platform to be more inclusive!

I have one simple questions for my former republican friends. We double the deficit and what do we have have to show for it? A misguided war in Iraq? I don't agree with many of this president's policies but at least he is investing in heath care, education, and clean energy.....

The only thing my ex-party has to show for their fiscal irresponsabilty is an Iraq war base in nothing more than lying to us, the American people.

I think those who criticize Obama for high taxes, and big spending, need to do their own homework.....this new administration hasn't raised any taxes as of yet....Nor has he tripled the deficit as of yet.....The budget he wants passed through congress, will allow him the sweeping change those who voted for him, elected him for. I want healthcare reform, I want energy reform, and I want education reform....America needs this change.....We elect Presidents to keep
America safe, and to respond domestically to the public outcry on certain issues.....We never get anything done w/ our Prez's b/c politically they are too scared to reform crumbling systems.....this guys not.....It's amazing to think we're fighting a man that wants to improve things for all citizens of this country.....and it's a real effect that we can all appreciate....Yes it will cost money....but the benefits far out weigh the cost..... I will glady pay my fair share of taxes, for the things we need... Just to let you know, I'm a hardworking man with a college degree. I make 35k a year, as of now, and will keep climbing b/c I'm young, ambitious, and an American. Also let me let people know something....Obama will not and does not want to pass a universal healthcare plan....he said it himself....

the GOP is now receiving it's KARMA....slammer!

It cracks me up how many idiots on here talk about Bush's budget not being as high as Obama's. You know, it's pretty easy to keep your budget lower when you don't put half of your spending in your budget. Like, oh, I don't know, maybe war costs? Bush didn't include the cost of the war in his budget, and still managed to hugely increase it. Also, keep in mind that while there was a deficit when he came in, the budget was actually balanced. Oh, wait, I forgot, the war is paying for itself. Never mind.

Don't have anything to show for all the trillions of dollars that Bush and the republican congress spent. At least Obama is spending to stimulating the economy, education, energy and healthcare, all are necessary for the future of the America and these republicans want the money in their pockets and only to the few.

Maybe BOTH parties need to stop spreading lies and start working. This country needs leaders, not name callers. Maybe it's time we throw all of these guys out of the Capitol and start a whole new Congress. Because, on both sides of the aisle, this Congress sucks.

The GOP is so out of touch with America. They are a party on the verge of extinction.

These two congressman are dispicable and blind. Why is it that Republicans cannot admit when they are wrong? For some reason they hold on to this archaic belief that doing so makes you appear weak. Where have they been? Stuck in time? They hold on to these other beliefs and ideology regarding the Republican party that don't fit in today's society or world. When are they going to get a clue? It's just plain sad.

I see the dems are now making excuses as to why Obama is failing. They are also attempting to once again passs the blaim to the Republicans. It's never the fault of the democrats. They are just perfect scumbuckets, so they would want one to believe. Obama has not followed what his campaign message. WHy dems, are you so proud of his first 100 days? They should be his last!! Obama has turned America into the laughing stock of the World.

We're only going to be $10 trillion more in debt. What are those goofy republicans thinking??

Both parties need to grow up, stop their video/ad campaigns, put the money to use in the public sector and work to correct their perceived problems. I may be a republican, don't agree with Obama's policies but I see the lack of discresion (including the ignorant rants posted here) most damaging. Everyone keeps fueling the othersides anger.

Let's be clear: The GOP had eight years, six of which they had complete national control. What did they do?

Ran us into the ground. They are hypocrits.

But for the American people we need two things:

1. Term limits for national offices.

2. Public financing, with spending limits, on campaigns.

The money saved from special interests will easily pay for the campaigns. Take back America.

Let's get together and not let politicians destroy us. Divided we fall.

Whine, whine, whine! The Republicans will always find something to complain about. Where were they when Bush was screwing up?
We wouldn't be in this mess. Obama is navigating us through these rough waters just fine. Sure it's tough and costly, but in the long run . . .we'll be thankful. We just have to be patient. It took more than 100 days to get us into this mess and any idiot should be able to see that. How could any fool expect us to get out in 100 days?
Ignore the Republicans.

Er, JP. Pork in the budget true, but much less than any of the recent budgets from the Chaney regime and it was inspite of Obama's wishes. And for Pheonix 86, remember we are spenfing this money to A. fix the crisis in the economy that was caused by Bush Inc. b. address long term needs of the Country that the GOP ignored in their one minded effort to redistribute the Nation's wealth upwards to their party's main money sponsors. The first half of the spending would never have been needed if the GOP had been honest or competent. Try some math on what the numbers would be then. Let's be honest, even if that queers the GOP playbook.

GOP = Party of Hypocrites – I love it! What a great new slogan.

How is it that the repubs think that the we Americans are stupid, they blame the President, but the people know that what the president is doing, is cleaning the mess that they created in the past eight years,

Why spend the time and money criticizing Republicans?

They're doing a pretty good job of satirizing themselves.

When are these intellectually castrated politician going to get it right? Fighting against each other will sink this country. While debate is healthy and necessary, to get at each other throath just makes things more difficult for this poor guy who inherited a gianormous mess from Bush, Cheney the snake and their bunch of corrupted friends

Those two congressmen are the posterchildren for hypocracy.

Expose the G-0(0ZERO)-P hypocrites for exactly what they are. A group of bumbling, fumbling, no agenda crooks who have no plans or positive ideas about thow to get America out of the mess that they created over the last eight years.

Thats because they ARE hypocrites. And to those slamming it, its no more childish than Republicans holding tea party's for imaginary taxes.

Cantor and Boehner have been the two biggest hypocrites in Congress for a couple years now.

How do they even live with themselves?

I'm not sure I like this...I'm from the old school where this is called bullying......don't loose the precious value of the right to disagree...that is some of the essence of our great America.

I wish the people criticizing President Obama's policies knew a thing or two about politics. First, the extreme left of the political scale is communism, not facism as so many have said. Second, much of the money being spent is in the form of loans (Banks, GM, Chrysler) and finally, every dollar in stimulus money will have been well spent if the economy recovers due to efforts of the plan. Just assuming the stimulus will fail and add to the debt doesn't make it a fact. Only time will tell if the president's plan is successful.

Both parties should be blamed really. They take their jobs as little kids playing in kindergarden. Attacking eachother over how irresponsible the other one is, who voted for what, lie about what they other say, misinterpret (knowingly) their comments, back their own party as if there were two different nations, a nation for democrats and a nation for republicans... People, this is one nation, for all of us, and we have elected you in charge to make tough decisions and choices but not based on party lines, but based on the fact that America needs to get better. Breach that door, take down your wall. Our nation lacks leaders because of your decisions, not because you're not capable, but because you do not want to lead... We rather wait for years and years until the world seizes to exist rather than help eachother reach a common value. There will never be a majority of democrats or republicans. Our nation core is diverse so a unique party will never exist, but why can't we work together... Grow Up.

Republican politicians have zero credibility. All they have left are lies and criticism. They wrecked America's economy, foreign relations, security, and so divided the country politically that even family members can't have rational conversations about important issues. They represent the superrich and profit-driven corporations, while dispensing propaganda claiming they're helping average Americans.

The majority of Americans have seen through it and elected President Obama in response.

The neocons can either recreate a viable party that works in a bipartisan manner to help America solve its problems, or they can go down in infamy, spewing venom every step of the way.

For moderate Republicans, I say join the Democratic party (or at least become Independents) before the neocons drag you down with them.

the republicans make me forget , WE ARE ALL AMERICAN FIRST.

i'M SO SICK of all this "getting back so we look good'
DON'T they know we want to hear about making th U.S.A.
a better and stronger place to live.

let's get IND. people in office so they will think only about
what is good for all people here in the U.S.A.

Both critiques are right and both parties spend away our future on political payback. Vote the bums out!

“Over eight years, Republicans nearly doubled the national debt,” reads text that flashes across the screen of the 30-second video. “John Boehner and Eric Cantor were with Bush every step of the way. Now, Washington Republicans want you to forget what they did.”

Once again trying to deflect the question, and turn it back on the president. As a citizen is this true and if it is....why avoid answering the question? Come on GOP, give me a straigt answer!

These critical republicans should be looking at the comparisons found between the political lines, because it's there where Americans, and yes even members of the Congress can look at these factual budget numbers. Do these representatives understand that today we can download every vote, every speech, and every sound bite. These answers are humiliating to the same rep's who are ranting phony political dogmas.

If democrats are socialists and fascists, is socialism and fascism all that bad?

The conservative movement and the republican party have important ideas, but their leadership is a joke. The ideas and philosophy are lost when they start the conversation one day calling the democrats socialists and the next day fascists. Crying wolf is not a way to get people to pay attention.

We can all recognize an intellectually bankrupt group of people. Dick Cheney, Rush Limbaugh and their ilk have squandered their credibility, I certainly don't take anything they say seriously. Even George Will does not use sound logic to make arguments anymore.

republican's=HYPOCRITES in the lowest form. IT was GW Bush who set a new height for DEFICITS, just like R. Reagan. How soon the GOP try to forget and "pin" GW Bush's deciet on President Obama. I guess that is what happens when one sits on the banks of DENIAL (which isn't the river in Africa).

I wonder how shocked everyone would be if the GOP released a counterpart to this video. I think its common knowledge that dems have far much more dirty laundry to air out. RIght now they are all protecting eachother. I hope the day comes. Right now, in all cases, the GOP is acting like the 'bigger person' here. This is proof positive that the dems are out for their reputation moreso than focusing on the health of the country and putting their agenda aside.

Wow, the democrats won 3 presidential elections in thirty years and they act like they've got unlimited support from the American people. Fifty-nine million people voted against them and the number that wish they had grows larger everyday. They won the election by brainwashing the American youth in public schools and the media, but I know some of these kids will wake up, or grow up. Enjoy your time, I'm sure it will be short lived.

Boehner and Cantor, with their feigned outrage, are the virtual personification of hypocrisy. Evidently, if the Republicans want to spend trillions ( whiile cutting taxes for the wealthy ) it`s not a problem. But Oh My God, if President Obama, in an effort to save the economy from total meltdown from years of reckless policy from the right, runs up a big budget, it`s outrageous. These two knuckleheads deserve some kind of award..... maybe hypocrites of the decade or something. Are there really people out there that are persuaded by their feeble arguments?

Republican = Hypocrite
Democrat = Hypocrite
Difference is that the Democrats and their new President are the ones that keep talking about how they will bridge the divide. I guess that bridge is only extended to hateful dictators that smile at you then stab you in the back, rather than their fellow American's who have been elected to fix this mess.

All I get from this article is that BOTH Republicans and Democrats act like a kid with a credit card. Does a third party start to gain traction?

The Greedy Obstructionist Party has never before and never will admit mistakes. What a bunch of sore losers.

We're moving into the future without them – finally.

geesh all this finger pointing is really getting a lot done in Congress lately isn't it? With the money both of these parties use for videos accusing each other of being the culprit I'm sure it could be used to help pay off the debt they both started.

Disinformation? I believe he must be talking about all of congress. Both my senators voted against the 2009 budget and between the two of them they requested 14 earmarks. My Republican Senator asked for 10! Were they wasteful? Probably some of them were. Google 2009 budget earmarks and you can find out about your own reps. Unfortunately I have not been able to find a way to discover what the earmarks are. If anybody knows please post. We have to educate ourselves people because these elected officials are working for their own reelection, not for us.

I would also ask these two if they missed the part where we are forced to spend massive amounts of money to make up for the failures of congress over many years.

These guys (most of them, BOTH parties) take their lead from lobbyists and corporate interests. Our officials are never going to vote for term limits. Make it your business to vote for no candidate who has served more than 2 terms. Eventually they will get it.

The Pelosi/Obama plan dwarfs any term in history. Just more liberal media hype

Conservatism is America's most dangerous enemy. Conservatives are of two types. (1) Innocent dupes who actually believe the Conservative leadership represents the average American and (2) the Conservative leadership, who seek only to advance the wealth and fortunes of the very small but very rich wealthy class in America.

The Republican leadership led us into every mess that we are in right now, and they steadfastly oppose any effort to deal with the nation's problems. America will be much better off when the last elected Conservative is defeated for reelection.

Are the DEMOCRATS serious, HYPOCRISY is in there blood. These are the same people that Voted for the IRAQ war and then 3 yrs later said they were not for it. I also find it amazing that the Democrats are saying the Republicans are finished when this is just the second democratic president in the last 35 yrs. I dont think the Republican party is going anywhere. The last point I would like to make on Hypocrisy is how the Democrats never gave Bush a chance, called him every name in the book and were just downright disrespectful to him but yet they want Republicans to treat Obama like a GOD and they shouldnt criticize him. What goes around comes around.

Exactly WHY are they releasing "news" videos against anyone who opposes them? I haven't seen it, but it sounds like the type of sound bites taken out of context such as Michael Moores manipulated films. If so, no one can really take that type of "journalism" seriously. However, it's disturbing that the President claim of working together has now turned into a web-video of attacks. So much for promises of change and listening to other views. The DNC is doing more damage to their party by trying to undermine opposition with manipulation without any chance for those attacked to refute on the video. Is this a new sick start of another campaign season?

I love how they generously give away credit for the last four years of their being in charge. The President is the President. Congress sets the spending, he only approves it.

You can run, but you cannot hide !

The 'disinformation' and 'partisan attacks' are the trademarks of the congressional republicans.

Nice Try but no dice! President Obama has been open and clear about his spending unlike Bush who tried to hide it from the American people by not including portions of it in the official budget. Pres. Obama has also told us what he intends to do to help reduce the debt....still waiting on any Republican ideas on how to do that even if we didn't spend another dime over the next 4 years...what's that you say Republicans, tax cuts? Oh, I thought you said something that we haven't already tried and failed at. For the record, businesses (large or small) are in business to profit not to create jobs. Businesses creates a need for labor, but do not be fooled, if a business owner can employ an undocumented worker, an overseas worker or a machine to do the job, they will. They are NOT looking to hire anyone, and they certainly don't want to pay benefits. Its about profit...period. They will take the tax cuts and spend it on executive pay, R & D (maybe) and advertisment....and eight years late we'll be in another recession. Fool me once...no, you know what? I'm tired of being fooled. Don't fool me at all...say no to the party of "No"!

I would also like to say that sometimes (and we especially experience this everyday life) you have to suck up your pride and keep your mouth shut in order to get the mission accomplished for the whole team's sake. Why can't our government get this? We have been an international bully for hundreds of years, since our ancestors came here and broke from the monarchy. It started with the American Indians and the African slaves, and has spread to different parts of the world over the centuries. Now that it is the 21st century, you would think that our country would learn from its mistakes. President Obama sees that. He realizes that pushing and provoking and trying to bully other countries into doing what we want is not very productive. It is not getting anything accomplished. All that does is cause friction and negative feelings, and then next thing you know...everyone's got their finger on the button to blow up the next guy! So, even though we don't always agree with someone else's ideas, it doesn't mean that we have to be at each other's throats all the time or doesn't mean that we have to push our ideas on them. We don't like it when it is done to us, so what makes us think that these other countries would accept it? Why? Just because they are smaller in size and population? Doesn't make sense.

Over the last eight years the republicans did not see a spending bill or a perk for big buiness they did not like. Now, because of their irresponsible spending and policies
drastic measures have to be taken to try and fix the diasters they
created. They refuse to acknowledge or help to resolve our numerous problems, in the process, jeprodizing the future of our country.
Their party first, anything to win, wanting our President and country
to fail are as unAmerican as one can get. And, folks, these are
politicans who have stooped to the lowest level ever.

The truth hurts, especially when you have no new ideas, and nothing really pertinent to say. The republicans have stooped to just moving their mouths without anything of substance coming out just to hear themselves talk, and bash the new administration. They have extremely limited recall, as I remember the trillions of dollars they were all voting for in tax relief for the wealthy, the fake war in Iraq, and monies being given to christian based organizations. I guess it is selective memory at it's finest.

John Boehner appears like he does not know what is really going on. He is out of touch. The republicans would be well served to get rid of him.

here is another false information from National Democrats. They quoted that last 8 years, triple on national's debts? That is NOT true. No one has been triple the debts since FDR's time.

Why is it that the President is the only one who is supposed to take responsibility for "changing" Washington? It doesn't that Republicans, nor Democrats, for that matter, are doing anything to change the tone in Washington. Republicans, if you want to become a party of relevance again, offer solutions instead of just saying, "NO!" Democrats, if you don't want to one day end up like the Republicans, you cannot afford to become condescending to those on the "right" or those who do not agree with the "Democrat platform." Those on the "left" cannot become like those on the "right" of the past eight years, when there was a time when you couldn't criticize the war or you would have been branded "un-American."

So the video rightly shows how republicans were fiscally irresponsible. Obama presents a pork filled budget that makes the republicans look like penny pinchers. He proposes future spending that will bankrupt the country. Sounds like the video should be on Saturday Night live.

The DNC is simply too powerful right now.

Look this is absolutely ridiculous.... I'm not a republican, and I know the republicans have been playing pretty dirty in the last few months. HOWEVER, those senators allowing the debt to be doubled in the previous terms does not in ANY way mean that they have to support the same rate of debt growth through the next presidency... CLEARLY, the budget has some issues, so how can you attack them for not supporting it?

So let me get this straight. It's o.k when Republicans who claim to be 'fiscal conservatives' run up the deficit (and they had no idea that a Democrat would become President in 2009 so for 8 years they ran up unprecedented deficits). Democrats spend money on issues they find important- they're known for that, so there is no hypocrisy there. Hypocrisy. Keep up the attacks Dems. Keep on reminding the American people what so-called 'fiscal conservatives' have done to this country... ECONOMIC COLLAPSE!!!

But what took Bush nearly eight years to do, Obama has done it within his first hundred days.

Being from Ohio I am embarrassed every time Mr.(?) Boehner opens his mouth. What a disgrace to the people who use and understand common sense.

So doubling the debt is bad according to the democrats...what is tripling the debt then!!?? That is what Obama did in under 100 days!!
This Obama administration is the biggest fraud. He is a political animal that is weakening the US abroad. Why does Obama reward failure at every level? He wants government control of the people and of business. Has any Obamabot read the constitution...this is what this country was formed to fight against!
People need to wake up and quit supporting "parties" and start supporting people who will follow the constitution. Obama is such a dissapointment.

Call out the hypocricy all you like, but it wasn't right then and it sure isn't right now.

Otherwise, you're saying that Bush was on the right path and democrats want to double down on his policies.

Hey Dems, Starting to get worried that your policies are finally being seen for what they really are?

It's pretty funny, your party is the only party that has to campaign their entire time i office in order to try to trick people by trying to make people focus on something that happened years ago, and lying about it to boot.

Hate to break it to you but Bush is out of office, how long do you think you are going to get away with blaming EVERYTHING on an administration that is no longer there?

Your policies are going to cripple us and eventually the American people will see this.

The Dems should simply say: "Read my lips. The "conservative party" left our economy in a broken state the likes we have not seen since the Great Depression. We are forced to take painful steps that under any other circumstances would be out of the question." Of course, plenty of Democrats watched with closed mouths the idiocy of deregulation, followed by the complete loss of responsibility on the part of the banking institutions. Ah well, at least the DC bandits are keeping us amused.

Although the GOP did lose their sight on fiscal responsibility, the price that was payed was the Presidency, Senate and House. The American people a very smart and their distaste for unresponsible government will surface again in 2010 and 2012. Enjoy things while you can libbies. I trust that much of the idiotic spending will be repealed in a couple of years

I know who the "Party Of Hypocrites" is and it is both of your fault! Yes I do not just blame the GOP, but I also equally blame the Democrats as well. Everyone is so busy pointing fingers and playing the blame game while "We the People" are loosing our jobs, loosing our homes, and loosing our freedom to the " New World Order".
There has to be someone who can get something done? This is nothing more than the same do nothing Congress we have had for the last half century! Is this the change we are suppose to believe in?

This is so TRUE. Republicans are awash in hypocrisy right now. Every time they talk about spending it just amazes me that they are not embarrassed by how hypocritical they are being. The GOP under Bush spent TRILLIONS on on an unnecessary and tax cuts for the rich while Cantor, Boehner and the like did not complain a bit. NOW, our President HAS to spend some money to pull us out of an economic crisis and wants to spend money to fix our infrastructure, invest in the education of our children, and provide healthcare to all Americans and the GOP is screaming about it???? To me it says that the GOP only likes spending when it goes to their rich buddies either through tax cuts or no bid contracts in Iraq. I do not understand 1) how they can be so hypocritical and 2) why they do not care to invest in the American people when they were fine with investing in Iraq.

For once the DNC is doing something worthwhile. Keep it up!

Lets see, there were no Democrats that opposed Bush's budgets and spending??? Hmmm, seems to me there were many and they now back Obama's budget and out of control spending which means we really do not know which party is the real "party of hypocrites".

The video calls it like it is. Two Republicans who could have cared less about fiscal responsibility when it was there boy running the show have found Jesus now that the other team has the ball. They have no credibility in their attacks on this president's budget unless and until they can explain the difference between Bush's deficient spending and Obama's. The problem is they can't. THEY are engaged in political theater, and when we call them out for the hypocrites they are, they blast us for political theater. Just keep playing the same song over and over again, boys. That deafening silence you hear is the country (and its voters) not caring. Have all the Tea Tantrums you want with your base and hope that little sliver of Americana can get you back into power. And please, hold you breath while you wait.

George Bush and the Republicans made terrible mistakes with the budget during his 8 years in office.

HOWEVER, that does not mean that Obama now has the freedom to tripple those mistakes. Can't anyone in Washington balance a damn budget?

Let's see. Under Bush, the national debt doubled in 8 years. Under Obama, that debt is now doubled in 1 year? And the earmarks that the Dems campaigned under have gone away or increased? And these fools are putting out a video?

I think its a good idea the Dems keep firing back at all the lies, spin, & hypocrisy of the GOP. What the GOP have done along with Fox News for the last 20 odd years (the operative word here being "odd") is prove the old addage that if you make ridiculous accusation after ridiculous accusation long enough and couple it with phony outrage someone is going to believe you. But now it is a brand new day and the Dems are firing back at the GOPs lies with the same amount of intensity and the American people are listening. The GOP and their undying support of Dubya and his policies are the reason why this country is in the shape its in. In Obamas first 100 days they have falsely characterized him as a terrorist, a socialist, and at the tea bag convention a fascist. John Boehner & Eric Cantor if they want to have any credibility with the American people need to make sure any nut job characterizations are condemned and laid to rest. They are all about dishing out lies, lets see if they can take it when The Truth is dished out on them. They are as much as an embarrassment as Dubya!

Is this the change we can believe in? Same old garbage from the democrats, lies and disinformation. They have been in control of congress and the senate since 2006, so who is to blame? Both.

Thereby proving that Democrats and neo-cons alike are spendthrift wastrels who don't mind in the slightest ruining the American economy and mortgaging our children's futures in order to buy their own reelections.

Face it, folks: American democracy has failed. On of the reasons we have a representative democracy is that the people who wrote the Constitution knew that people, on average, couldn't be trusted to vote for the long-term benefit of the country and would instead vote for their own short-term individual benefits. They counted on representatives to be people of integrity, not megalomaniacal profligates determined to seize and hang onto power regardless of the damage it did to the country.

These informational ads are intended to unform American about the hypocracy of the GOP. They really do hope that we have a short memory. NOT!

I am now of the opionion that the republican leaders have, for the most part, lost their minds. Everyday they are out shouting about the terrible policies of the current administration and completely overlook their involvement in the worst crisis that this country has faced since the 30's. Denial is probably some form of mental disorder, and I don't know if guilt is what motivates them, or just the stupidly
dogmatic rhetoric that they have been pushing for the last 8 – 10 years, but I do know when I hear and see lunacy. They all say the same things and act the same way over and over again as if they are being brain washed. Bachman appears to be on a different plane than the rest, however, and has probably been in one of those alien spaceships. This country is made up of more sane people than it is disturbed ones, I would imagine. How can the people who elect these nuts continue to support them? They should all be recalled for making their states and constituencies look idiotic.

The Bush legacy is obvious. Taking a surplus and spending it on a war that put us into a deficit. The Bush administration left the nation in a shambles. Internationally the US suffered both politically and morally. The last 6 months of the Bush administration when we needed Bush to lead, he was nowhere to be found. Now the Republicans are complaining about the current administration. WHER
E IS THEIR PLAN?? Cutting taxes on the rich again is not a plan. Republicans are showing just how morally bankrupt they are.

Apples and oranges. The GOP has got to admit their mistakes. Otherwise their rhetoric just comes off as sour grapes.

We'll see if the media covers this ad the way they cover all the attack ads by Republicans, giving them millions and millions of dollars of free air time.

Basically the Democrats are saying, if they can spend trillions and sell out our nations future, so can we. Good job guys!!

They're not hypocrites, they're completely consistent. Anything Obama does is bad; anything Bush or any other Republican did or does is good. What's hypocritical about that?

“Over eight years, Republicans nearly doubled the national debt,”

And Obama will double it yet again, nowadays there is no party of fiscal responsibility.

Though I totally understand what the democrats are doing and trying to project, I am thoroughly tired of this childhood (look what they did) stuff. Is anyone really concerned about the welfare of the American people. This finger pointing is ridiculous. They are all hypocrites. Becoming an independent is looking more and more interesting.

looks to me like the dems are concerned about how they will look after Obama doubles the debt in one year. What I think is funny is that the goal of the dems seems to be destroying the GOP. It is a goal that will never be accomplished. The funny part is that the goal of republicans is to win elections not to destroy the dem party.
One more thing. I thought Obama was the uniter. I seem to remember allot of talk about unity, both from Obama and his supporters. So now I wonder, how would you grade Obama as a uniter? Since that was a big part of his platform this should be an easy question but I bet that none hear will comment on that.

Bush and the Republican Congress cut the budget deficit in half during six years. Obama tripled the budget deficit in his first 60 days.

If Democrats don't see the difference, we are in bigger trouble than I think we already are.

Republicans caused the national and economic disasters with their epic failures of policy. They've proven themselves unfit to govern and now act like Stadtler & Waldorf – the elderly Muppets who could only complain from the cheap seats. If they could provide any good ideas, I would like to hear them. Unfortunately, if they had any good ideas, our country wouldn't be in the mess its in today.

I don't see how this is shocking news. The current, left-over batch of Republican leadership ALL marched, lock-step with the last administration. You know... the administration that financially and morally bankrupted our country? Yeah, that one. Not a single one of these blow-hards said a peep when Bush inflated the budget 33% in his first term while simultaneously cutting taxes and giving tax rebates.

There was a lot of house-cleaning done in the last election, but it would appear that the G.O.P could do with a bit more. For the sake of their own party they've got to get this batch of losers out of office and bring some fresh faces and ideas to the party. ...and I am not talking about Jindal and Palin, either.

We can not keep spending as Obama has. He continued and multiplied the mess Bush left.
We will not be able to finance the spending and the USA will go bankrupt.... we are already bankrupt,,,and living on borrowed time.
The Central government will shutdown soon and Congress will lose their big salaries, payoffs, and retirements.

The only hope is that the American citizens will wake up and vote out the Liberals in 2010. Then maybe some of this can be reversed. But if this doesn't happen the USA as we have know it is over.
Texas will not have to sucede from the Union,,,there will not be any Union!

Yes someone finally said it! It's what Americans have known all along.. that the GOP are a bunch of hypocrites who NEVER EVER own up to the mistakes we've made. They have acted like they are going to do good now, when all they are trying to do is to turn the heat off them. We're not as dumb as you think GOPers.

Isn't it a bit ironic that never ONCE has a Democrat been able to justify the astronomical budget increases proposed by the Obama administration? The only answer they give is "Where were Republicans' outrage during the Bush years", as if that alone is enough to warrant spending never-before-seen amounts of money now that they are in charge. Folks, conservatives like myself were not happy with the way Bush and Co. were spending, but little did we know that it was just the tip of the iceberg and a precursor for this administration.

Bad behavior doesn't justify even more bad behavior!

I find it interesting that the Republicans oppose the President on every issue. They put us in two wars claiming they alone kept us safe. The spent billions to make friends of Cheney rich. Republicans as a whole have done nothing but destroy the average American's way of life. As it always happens the majority of our countries wealth is in a very small percentage of the population. How is that good for the economy. Cheney is out there deflecting the attention away from the illegal things I think we will find over the years to come.

They doen't want to start this fight. In his first 100 days Obama has more than doubled the record for deficit spending in a single quarter. They can attack the GOP all they want but the numbers will speak for themselves.

Most Americans realize it was the failures oft he Bush administration which has left us in such a mess. Current GOP "blame gaming" has been rejected by us who have a memory longer then ten minutes.

But it is nice to see the Democrats fight back and remind those without long term memory EXACTLY how the Republicans got us here.

Dick Cheney should not be quoted in the news. His words are always negative and hark from the days of the Bush administration where our nation was conditioned to fear all. Both him and Sarah Palin should disappear from the media because we are all weary of their scare tactics.

I am so glad the democrates are bring people together. Quit campaining and get to work. Isn't that what you wanted.

In a couple of years the GOP will be able to release a video that says the Democrats "tripled" the deficit . . . so really both sides are hypocrites. How do you criticize one thing when you are doing it yourself? The only change I see is that stupid has a new face.

Democrats and Republicans = FAILURE!

Ah, but as my Republican acquaintances will tell you, the FIRST 12 trillion is okay. It's the fact that he's ADDING to it, THAT they oppose. Makes sense, right?

It is good to see the democrats laying out some slap-down.

No one is interested in Republican "alternatives," after the last 8 years. We saw what the Republican alternative to Bill Clinton's budget surplus was: trillion dollar deficits. We saw what the Republican alternative to Bill Clinton's diplomacy in Palestine: complete disengagement. We saw what the Republican alternative to Bill Clinton's taxation policy: regressive taxation that has allowed the wealthiest 1% of the nation consolidate even more of the total national wealth that they had controlled previously.

No one is interested in Republican "alternatives" anymore. That is what November '08 was all about.

This isn't a big surprise. Bush didn't understand what it means to be a fiscal conservative. He understands power and what power he had when he was president. He let the Republican Congress do what it wanted as long as he got what he wanted - Power.

If the GOP was really a fiscally conservative group, then there would have been a lower cost for Medicare part D (the perscription part). There would have also been less spending for stupid pet projects and other pork. These Republicans can't be claiming that they were always fiscally conservative. They love power and complain when they are out of it.

We need to restore Republican government before too much damage is done by the Obama Socialists. 2010 and 2012 cannot get here fast enough.

Again the republicans prove over and and over they are the party of NO...NO darn idea what the heck they are doing. NOthing to do but whine and moan. NO ideas to fox the mess they helped bush create

How in the world these republicans can face their home towns is beyond me, but when you have NO conscience I guess it doesn't matter what you say and do to the country.

This is hardly suprising. These crooks don't have souls. The epitome of dissent. Bush's budget was completely irresponsible and reckless and they voted for it.

Good for them. I know I haven't forgot. And yet they want to blame President Obama for spending money, at least he is spending it on the American People.

I really detest the polarization in this country, but these Republicans have asked for it. They deserve to be exposed for being hypocrites.

It is about time someone started calling out the hypocrisy of the neo-cons! Now within the last 3 months, Cantor and Boehner would have you believe they suddenly care about leaving debt for future generations! That concern took back seat to the rampant spending when the shrub was in office. At least this debt that President Obama is spending will benefit the future generations paying for it. They just got sewers in Iraq for the funds the ex moron-in-chief left them.

No one is ever going to listen to the repubs again, until they come out and apologize as an entire party and say yes we were wrong and trickle down economics and deregulation, did not work, until that point the repubs will never be back in power!

Get the facts out there, DNC, the Republicans still think they are above the law, above decency, and way above the notion of supporting the new President in anything. I don't believe they are garnering any new Republicans through this rhetoric. Like Palin, they are merely stirring up the base (not to mention, convincing the nut cases out there to shoot each other.) Good work, GOP. When will you guys start apologizing?

That video is the truth. The republicans have nothing to do but try to hide their blame and push it on to Obama. Well guess what? What
Obama is doing is for America. It's being used to help our country.
Bush's was all about his arrogance. Lets show up daddy and take
Iraq. Over 4200 died for nothing. Add the lives to the money and Barack
couldn't match that mess in 3 or 4 terms. Boehner is a cry baby that is pilfering America. He and his buddies are living off the government and doing ZERO to help out. He is nothing but a legislative reliefer.
And hopefully in a few years he will be an unemployed legislative reliefer.

Truth is going to burn the Republicans for now, and perhaps the Dems later, but the political winds are picking up and no matter which tent you live under, you might just be blown away. A major third party may emerge as Americans lose patience with those in Congress that vote themselves regular pay raises, operate under a too generous retirement program, take care of their "friends" and even exempt their activities from the laws of our land. We should erect a gallows outside Congress to harsely impress upon them the concept of accountability.

Let's see: $12 trillion over 8 years is $1.5 trillion per year; and $10 trillion over 8 years is 1.25 trillion per year.

Obama's budget is $3.2 trillion.

Which is the party of hyprocrites?

why do they feel the need to make a video? to turn attention away from their actions I guess. Yes there was alot of spending in the Bush years but not even close to the way its been going on since. I think also the democrats should clearly state THEY have been the majority party since 2006. Their criticisms of the Bush spnding that went on in 06, 07, and 2008 don't carry much weight when they were the ones steering the ship towards the rocks.

Hey, what else do you expect from a DEFEATED party. These guys are pulling out all stops. Can't you see how ineffective the TEA-BAGGERS were with that NONSENSE. They are talking about higher taxes when taxes are actually lower - DUH!
Someone please inform the uninform. Regular citizens aren't putting up with that conservative crap any longer. So keep it up and see where it gets you. And for all that want Obama to fail...lets just say, you're unpatriotic, un-American, and down right evil. As much as I disliked Bush and his policies, i didn't want him to fail. Because i knew if he failed, we'd end up in the mess we are in now. Now everybody is hurting.

One last thing...the WHOLE WORLD loves OBAMA. How can you not support that? Our enemies are now speaking a different language. And cheney says we are less safe. That cowboy/maverick metality is outdated. This isn't the cold war anymore!!

This is the first time, in my 57 years, that I have seen a previous administration sit and snipe at the new administration. That just goes to show how out of step Georgie Bush and his bunch were (are) with the rest of the world.

Bush, Cheney, and their facist crowd need to shut up and go into hiding for the way they damaged this country's reputation. They went after Hussein on the flimsiest of evidence. They destroyed this country's economy with their myopic emphasis on the war that they started, and NOW they have the temerity to attack the President who is trying to fix the damage that they did for eight years!

I am not a democrat. I have been accused of being so conservative that I make Ronald Reagan look like a "New Dealer." But, I support this president's attempts to restore our credibility. So, to Cheney and all of the other sour-grapes-republicans of the previous administration, I say: SHUT UP AND SIT DOWN! You aren't in power, now, so go retire, like you should have 10 years ago!

Indeed they are hypocrites, self-serving at that! Today THEY plan to grill Treasury Secretary Geithner for failing to adequately manage the $700 billion bailout funds that THEY approved last October. THEY talked a lot about restricting the use of those funds and rules for financial institutions to follow. THEY talked and talked and talked but THEY neglected to include any accountability for the funds at all.

It takes a lot of nerve to hold an entire session to criticize someone for failing to enforce rules that you failed to make.

Go democrats. It's the right move. We should always point out that Republicans are the ones who dragged us to this mess. They created this mess and left us to sleep on it. Right now, they are acting as if they had nothing to do with it.

Republicans are real hypocrites. They are against spending, while they have supported all the big spending policies of Bush. They are against gay mariage, while they are big time gays (in the closet or on the dowlow). They claim they believe in the sanctity of mariage while they are having love affairs. They marry and get divorce many times in their life or marry their own relatives (e.g Rudy Julianni). Yeah, that's believing in the sanctity of mariage. Republicans = Hypocrites.

it is time for the democrats to stop looking back and blaming
everything on the last administration considering the next
administration will need to attempt to clean up the MESS the
radical left is creating now. remember this economic situation
started in the clinton administration with repealing the glass/stegall
act ,that deregulation was just plain stupid ! and of course the
mortage mess clinton started........it is time to stop pointing fingers
at each other and try using some common sense.

Democrats should not put out these videos because republicans have nothing to apologize for.......Oooooh wait, they ran our country to the ground for 8 years. When asked, they say, so?

Americans should be bitter of this party!!

What a joke , we pay to have all these folks in Washington so they can fight each other on both sides.

It is taken a long time to learn to play ball like the Republicans.

The Democrats used to look the other way when some one did not agree with them.

I am realy proud to say I am a member of the Deocratic party who doesn't take any crap from the Republians.

Free Speech is obviously dead in this country. Unless you happen to agree with Obama.

The Pelosi/Obama spending plan dwarfs the GOP's past and not to mention there was tax revenue coming in to at least partially pay for it.

CNN for Obama 2012!

10 & 12 trillion respectively over a period of 8 years is much better budgeting than 10 trillion in 100 days in my book ANYDAY!!

maybe this video will refresh the republicans memory, they are the reason that we are in this mess.

Go get 'em Dems. Keep your wide margin over the GOP in tact and don't let the American people forget the truth and allow the Republicans to now rewrite history.

It's about time somebody started educating the American public about the party of "hypocrites." We are in this mess because of hypocrisy.
And the Limbaugh Lemmings who can't see this fact need to hear other sides of the debate, not just the hot air rants of a hypocrite in his studio.

In less than 100 days the democrats have more than doubled the debt! The radical left is giddy with power and continues to take steps to target and encourage hate towards anyone who dare oppose their pseudo-fascist policies and agenda. Their hate and anger has been building for eight years and now they are hell-bent on unleashing it on the rest of us. All the signs of a pending pseudo-fascist state are appearing (A leader with strong oratorical skills promising to restore the country to greatness, a core of blind followers unable to think for themselves, the strenghtening of the corporate state, a deliberate strategy to demonise as 'hateful' anyone who dares disagree with 'the Leader' all the while spewing their own hate-mongering). All we need now is to be told the trains will run on time under this administration. I was certainly no fan of the previous administration, but this one has set the tone for talking itself up while achieving nothing tangibly positive or meaningful. And you thought democracy was undermined by the Bush years!!

Very good ad and very true. I don't like name calling or dwelling on negatives, but I love the contents of the ad. Continue to do a great job DNC and expose the Republicans for who they are or who they are pretending to be or not to be.

i guess it remains politics as usual. the party out of power takes a critical stand againts the party in power, and the party in power is critical of the critique. it is like watching a bunch of two year olds bickering about who's got what and who wants what. small advice to all these politicians.... GROW UP!

Good! They need to point that out to everyone because it seems like Americans are forgetting where this debt came from....ehem...TEAPARTIERS.

So, now the republicans have doubled the debt, the democrats, not wanting to be outdone, want to triple or quadruple it...............

Endlessly blaming the GOP proves you have nothing to offer.

nice one democrats stay on the offense and dont relent on the rush limbaugh party kick them even when they are on the floor.

They are both the parties of Hypocrites.

Simple, direct, and 100% true.

The Republicans really hate success. President Obama is demonstrating leadership nationally and internationally. He has offered to work the the GOP on legislation and budget development. He has been well received around the world. But the PARTY OF "NO" continues to keep up their mean spirited attacks. The GOP would have us believe that they are concerned about the USA when it is just a very narrow "me" that is the issue. KNOW THIS REPUBLICANS--–IT WILL NOT WORK!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is why we elected Barak Obama. Americans are sick and tired of being lied to and now many of us have no jobs, are loosing our homes and retirement. All thanks to you the the bush years. Please just SHUT UP!!!!!!!!!

these are the men that want the President to FAIL.......these are the men that are tied to the apron strings of the far right consevative religious groups, these are the men of NO......these men are losers

I just want to ask the the leading members of the GOP who are making a lot of noise about and too much money to spend etc, etc., in a way they are right, because they have already spent it all while they were with Mr. Bush. But what is to be done now? just cross your arms and wait for something to happen by itself? At least Eric Cantor and John Boehner should have the wisdom to keep quiet.

with all the democrats and republican ear-marks or pork in the budget it is a shame for either party to vote this budget in. Then how many million for National Charity??? Yet the people work for free....to many high schools make the children work for charity to graduate, which is wrong and the children are being taken advantage of. As for national debt, Obama is no better the Bush. Obama release of memos is also wrong and sending a message to the terrorist he is on the side. NEITHER party is better than the other.

The republicans are a party of Hypocrits, Obstructionist, and have become anti-American.
They want our president to fail and will stop at nothing to make it happen.
They shame our country.

I don't know what's wrong with the GOP these days. They seem totally disconnected from reality. They and their "presidenter" put us in this situation by gutting the treasury for the Iraq war while simultaneously cutting taxes on the rich – a classic example of burning the candle at both ends.

Now they whine about someone trying to fix the mess they left for this country?

Personally, I think Obama shouldn't let Bush, Cheney, Rove, Gonzales, or the rest off the hook and should pursue criminal charges for what they did to this country. Republicans sure seem to want that too because by continually trying to blame Obama, they may make it necessary to out the former GOP leadership for what they are and what they did.

Cheney and Bush had their time! He and others in that administration are being brought out from under their rocks to give negative opionions on every move Obama makes. Never have I seen the news media take such action to bring down the president. Night after night, they spew hate and negativity on his every move. They are virtually inciting riots using people who have no idea what they're protesting!!!! I'm sure they expect Cheney to defend himself and the people who created this mess, and turn things around to somehow make Obama the bad guy!. Cheney hasn'r got an appologetic bone in his body! I have no interest in hearing anything he or the rest have to say. They dug this hole and Obama is spending every minute trying to fill it up. I don't want to hear anything he has to say EVER AGAIN!!!!!

Also Kit Bond who voted against Stimulus money and now braggs on
his website he got money for the state of Missouri.

Oh boy! A remake of "Rocky" and "Bullwinkle" and Minnestoa's Michele Bachman plays "Natsha".

That's right...criticize the current administration, and get publicly blasted for having a different view. Soon...the thought police....

These two republicans are part of a cancer that has spread in goverment and have to be the worst representitives of the american people I have seen in my time.If we want to know whats wrong with goverment all we have to do is look at these two bimbos and that will tell you ,But dont think for a second that they are the only ones.As they and there party try to destroy America every which way they can,

That is the way to go Democrats. The Republicans have thrown down the gauntlet. They read bipartisan overtures as weakness. They know only two modes of operation When they form the Government, they act in a totalitarian manner, and when they are the opposition, they work to regain the power. We must leave the door open for bipartisan effort, because that is in the best interest of the Nation, but keep the gloves on, at least on one hand. Never lower that glove. Keep it high for defense, but also for offense when necessary.
They have been sparing for a fight from day one, it is time to let them have it. We must place back on the table the option to prosecute all those who broke the law. We need a Special Prosecutor, and turn him loose in the way that they used Kenneth Star.

I can actually see there point and might actually agree with them if it wasn't for being a bunch of whiney hypocrits

If your a fiscal conservitive – then your a fiscal conservitive NO MATTER who is in office – they rubber stamped Bush and accused any one of NOT supporting Bush 100% of the time of being Un patriotic and a terrorist loving commie – Hey GOP – - Practice what you preach and people might take you seriously

Go away Mr. Chaney. Chavez walked over to Obama – not vice versa. How would it look to the rest of the world if Obama had refused to shake the man's hand? Well, it would look rude – like you.

So this is an excuse for Pelosi/Obama to have a 3 trillion dollar deficit? You voting sheep just destroyed the country

Videos are not what we need but its all the Democratic Party can come up with in this bleak moment in our history.

The Republican members in Congress should not agree with this president, don’t trust this president, should not vote for policies from this community organizer / social worker elected non American president. This incompetent morons and his tax cheating staff plans leads to 20+ percent unemployment, 20+ percent interest rates on mortgages, 0 percent on earnings. We have the Democratic Party in Congress driving this nation into bankruptcy.

The rethugs gave gwb a blank check to do whatever he wants which included invading Iraq and then rebuilding Iraq. Now that President Obama wants to rebuild AMERICA they oppose him and become fiscally conservative all of a sudden. Go figure the ironey in that.

The republicans opposition to everything that President Obama does has become such a pavlovian response that it is my guage as to how well the president is doing.
What's interesting is the republican's reaction to President Obama's efforts to improve our damaged relationship with the rest of the world. Has anyone ever heard a republican say they wanted to improve our image globally?

Just another report on how it's everyone fault but the Democrats. Actually, BOTH parties are a..."Party Of Hypocrites"