Raising The Federal Debt Limit -- Lest We Forget -- Nothing To Do With The Bakken (At Least Directly)

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Lest we forget: in "another life," Barack Obama voted against raising the debt limit. He was right then; why has he changed his mind? One can argue this flip-flop is bigger than any of Senator Kerry's, and certainly more significant. Kerry was just one of 100 Senators; President Obama is, well, he is the president.

The House of Representatives voted recently to not support the President's "war" over Libya, but refused to vote to de-fund the "war." President Obama should take that lesson to heart: agree that he does not support raising the debt limit, but then ask the House to raise the debt limit after passing a resolution they do not favor doing so. Politics as usual.