Yes, but he still "reigned in spending" more than you or I, didn't he? It would seem most conservatives would consider this to be a good thing. I'm still genuinely confused why republicans don't like Obama. He's more of a republican than Bush was (which isn't saying much, I suppose)
If I spent 900 million and you spent 1 trillion, and jon spent 1.1 trillion, it seems to me that jon's "share" of the spending is way less than my "share" of the spending. Sounds like spending less, to me. You couldn't blame Jon for the 900 million *I* was responsible for. You could only blame him for the spending he added to the pie, which is less
Not a hard concept