The Congressional Budget Office has been on fire today, indiscriminately laying waste to lefties and righties alike.

Don't believe me? Then you've been as selective in your reading as a trial lawyer. Or a broadcast journalist.

As House Republicans rattled their sabers ahead of another potential debt ceiling showdown, the White House can point to the CBO report that reveals a budget deficit at its lowest point since Obama took office. The nonpartisan eggheads point to a surging economy, improving employment numbers and higher tax revenues as being responsible for federal deficit falling to 3 percent of GDP.

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