Oh yeah...did you hear?
"The U.S. economy added 151,000 jobs in October, a number that might have drawn applause a year ago but...
...The Labor Department said that since December 2009, employment has risen by 874,000 — a positive trend, but not nearly enough to restore the 8.4 million jobs lost between then and the recession's start in December 2007."
Where were they when Bush raised it seven times?
GOP to Use Debt Cap to Push Spending Cuts
Republicans are planning to demand major spending cuts next year before they would agree to raise the amount of federal debt that can be issued...
They raised the debt ceiling during the Bush regime in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007 and then Bush slithered out of office leaving us with his $1.4 trillion deficit but now these very same Republicans are all of sudden concerned about spending.
Typical phony-conservatives.