The Huffington post is one the most left leaning biased new media that pumps up Obama every chance they get. You have to your facts to argue your case and that is where you fall for leftest manipulation of the facts. The deficit under Obama has increased in insane numbers. It has increased at a faster rate than under any other President. The democrats have never presented a budget even when Obama had both the house and the senate under Democratic majority. The GOP in congress in the house presented a budget and was dismissed for wanting cuts in spending. The sequester was agreed upon by both the GOP and Democrats signed by Obama if they couldn't come up to an agreement. Obama got what he wanted from the GOP in letting the Bush era tax cuts go for the rich. He let all the simpletons believe this would solve the revenue problem but it doesn't make a dent. Spending has increased to insane levels under Obama. 16 Trillion on the debt clock isn't something you manipulate away twisting the facts. Don't blame Bush because Congress was Democratic under both the Senate and House when the economy/banks went to hell under their control.
Since most of the major media outlets like the Huffington Post, ABC,CBS, NBC, newspapers like the Washington Post; and most cable news leans to the left it's easy to see how they manipulate the voter's viewpoint. Never under estimate the stupidity of the voting public.