Obama Voted Against Raising Debt Ceiling in 2006, Now Pushes for Debt Ceiling to be Raised in 2010

Katie Pavlich | January 06, 2011 9:36 AM

In 2006, then Senator Barack Obama voted against raising the debt ceiling.That year, the National Debt according to the Treasury Department was $8,506,973,899,215.

Now, in 2010, the National Debt stands at a historic high of $14,010,072,800,000 and President Barack Obama is pushing for Congress to raise the debt ceiling.

Watch as Robert Gibbs tries to spin this one.