It's clear the debt rose dramatically under democratic majority of congress and the house during Regan and Bush, was reduced even more dramatically by republican majority of congress and the house during Clinton, was starting to flatten out under GWB's early years but went through the roof when the democrats took back the congress and the house driving the economy over the cliff.

Remember Clinton went to the center right and worked with the republicans policies, something everybody is saying Obama needs to do to get reelected. The house and congress right the policies and law not the presidents they sigh them sometimes reluctantly. If you look at the chart, GWB's record shows the line starting to go down, but who took over when it starts to up?

It looks like it's starting to stabilize again now that Obama has brought the economy back from the brink.

Wow, I sure don't see that. In fact the CBO doesn't see it that way.