Video: Dick Durbin Tries To Deflect Question On Why Dems Dodged Debt Ceiling In December 2010 When They Had Full Control

In December 2010 Democrats controlled the US House, the US Senate, and the executive branch. There was no one single thing stopping them from increasing the debt ceiling. But they didn't do it because they know how unpopular it is across the political spectrum to admit that you don't have your fiscal house in order. So they punted and just kept spending and spending. Which is why we are where we are, and why Durbin was where he was yesterday - fumbling around for an answer like a doofus when confronted with hard facts: