On the day President Bush took office, the national debt stood at $5.727 trillion. The latest number from the Treasury Department shows the national debt now stands at more than $9.849 trillion. That's a 71.9 percent increase on Mr. Bush's watch. Katie Couric – CBS News September 29, 2008 12:20 PM.

The Debt increased $4.9 trillion during President Bush's two terms. The Administration has projected the National Debt will soar in Mr. Obama's fourth year in office to nearly $16.5-trillion in 2012. That's more than 100 percent of the value of the nation's economy and $5.9-trillion above what it was his first day on the job.

Me thinks your figures are wrong, Joe. According to CBS, not exactly a mouthpiece of Conservative ideas, your numbers are way off. The real numbers show that Mr. Obama is going to double, or even more, the national debt.

As for your other comments, Progressives are always in favor of free speech until that speech doesn't agree with them. By your way of reasoning, all liberal, progressives should have left the country before Mr. Obama was elected President because all they ever did was castigate President Bush on a daily basis. I didn't see you protesting then...