Debt Hypocrisy Wins Obama Rare ‘Upside-Down Pinocchio’

WaPo fact checker: Obama reversal ‘is why many Americans hate politics’
AP

President Barack Obama Monday attacked Republicans for attempting to use the debt ceiling as leverage to lower the deficit and America’s $16 trillion national debt. Obama’s remarks were in stark contrast to a speech he gave on the debt ceiling during his time as a U.S. senator.

Heinrich’s Dodd Frank Flip

New Mexico Dem changes positions on financial bill to mask out-of-the-mainstream views
Martin Heinrich / AP

Democratic New Mexico Rep. and U.S. Senate candidate Martin Heinrich has flipped on the Dodd-Frank Wall Street reform regulations.

The Heinrich Maneuver

NM Democratic Senate candidate flip-flopped on unpopular Obamacare provision
Rep. Martin Heinrich / AP

Democratic congressman and New Mexico Senate candidate Martin Heinrich voted in favor of a controversial provision of Obamacare—even though he previously wrote a letter to U.S. House leadership condemning the provision as a job killer and a burden to middle-class families in his home state.