When President Obama said that this budget could have been passed one, two or three months ago, he was deliberating hiding the truth. While he did not directly lie, he did not say that this budget was supposed to have been passed seven months ago. The budget year started October 1st and was the responsibility of the Obama White House and the Pelosi/Reed congress. They had the responsibility to have the finished budget in place in September.

We face this potential government shutdown because and only because Obama and the democratically controlled congress failed to do their job. One can only wonder if the looming shutdown was a carefully conceived plan put in place last September.