Who Deserves Credit for Reducing the Federal Deficit?

Hey, looky here! Steve Benen highlights the chart on the right, which shows that President Obama is making steady progress reducing the massive federal deficit that was rung up in FY2009 by George Bush and the Republican Party. Nice work, Obama! But wait. Does this seem a wee bit unfair? Fine. You're right. Bush wasn't responsible for the deficit. The Great Recession was responsible for the deficit. Nor is Obama (or Boehner or McConnell or anyone else) responsible for the reduction in the defici...