Barack Obama Voted Against Debt Limit Increase in 2006

Barack Obama Frowning

Hypocrisy is the most objectionable quality a politician can have, and Barack Obama has proven his hypocrisy by demanding a national debt limit increase in 2011 when he actually voted against a debt limit increase in 2006. In 2006, then Senator Barack Obama voted against H.J.Res.47, a resolution to increase the debt limit from $8.184 trillion to $8.965 trillion.

Just a few years later, Barack Obama is taking the exact opposite position as President. A 180 degree turn of this nature is a huge change. How did Barack Obama manage to completely reverse his views in such a short amount of time?