Obama to ask for debt limit hike: Treasury official

[ZanZibar]

http://news.yahoo.com/obama-ask-debt-limit-hike-treasury-official-152416457.html?mid=5640505

[torchbearer]

he is not really asking for the debt limit hike because it is automatic until 2013.

[Seraphim]

Anyone surprised by this is clueless anyway.