Claim: "Over the last four years, the deficit has gone up, but 90 percent of that is as a consequence of" President George W. Bush's policies and the recession.
Fact-check: Barack Obama says he's responsible for just 10 percent of budget shortfalls
Verdict: false
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Louis Jacobson
Date published: 2012-09-27T00:00:00