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• One wonders whether the Obama re-election campaign may be on the right track as it seeks to apply the you-break-it-you-own-it rule to Bush and the American economy. Hardly a day goes by without President Obama or his surrogates arguing that it takes longer than four years to recover from an economic crisis so long in the making.

  Jon Meacham

  Years, Long, Track

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• I am neither accusing President Obama of having committed high crimes and misdemeanors nor advocating his impeachment.

  David Limbaugh

  President, Crime, Accusing

  "Unpresidential Plummet". Interview with Kathryn Jean Lopez, www.nationalreview.com. September 2, 2010.

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• We can go back to economic plans that are only designed to benefit the wealthiest among us, like Mitt Romney. Or we can keep moving forward with President Obama's vision for a growing economy that works for middle-class families in North Carolina and all across the country. For me, for North Carolina and for America, it's an easy choice.

  Bev Perdue

  Country, Moving, Class

  "Gov. Bev Perdue DNC 2012 speech". www.politico.com. September 04, 2012.

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• Unlike Mitt Romney, President Obama is standing up for Planned Parenthood.

  Bev Perdue

  President, Parenthood, Standing

  "Gov. Bev Perdue DNC 2012 speech". www.politico.com. September 04, 2012.

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• President Obama has said that our aspirations should be realistic. We are not going to turn one of the poorest countries in the world, that was plunged into 30 years of war, into an advanced, industrialized, Western-style democracy. What we want to achieve is Afghanistan's capacity to secure and govern itself.

  David Petraeus

  Country, War, Years

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• With President Obama, we will move America forward.

  Nancy Pelosi

  Moving, America, President

  "Nancy Pelosi Speech Text: Read The House Minority Leader’s Democratic Convention Remarks", www.huffingtonpost.com. September 5, 2012.

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• In trying to explain our political paralysis, analysts cite President Obama's tactical missteps, the obstinacy of congressional Republicans, rising partisanship in Washington, and the Senate filibuster, which has devolved into a super-majority threshold for important legislation. These are large factors to be sure, but that list neglects what may be the biggest culprit of all: the childishness, ignorance, and growing incoherence of the public at large.

  Jacob Weisberg

  Ignorance, Political, Important

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• Offering 'comprehensive' reform usually means years of arguing and horse-trading among pressure groups to get anything done. By the time all the special interests are appeased or bought off, the resulting elephantine legislation typically looks nothing like what was intended. In short, big-government medicine usually doesn't work on big-government sickness. If President Obama wants 'comprehensive' change, it would be better simply not to spend any more money we don't have.

  Victor Davis Hanson

  Horse, Mean, Government

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• President Obama answered questions on YouTube today. He was asked 7,500 times about legalizing marijuana. And that was just from Chad in Portland.

  Conan O'Brien

  Marijuana, President, Portland

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• I think President Obama is going to be a one-term president.

  Dick Cheney

  Thinking, President, Term

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• After President Obama's election, efforts at othering Obama quickly became about smearing his non-partisan allies and ambassadors.

  Christine Pelosi

  Effort, President, Allies

  "Solidarity Gives Rise to the Equality Generation" by Christine Pelosi, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 27, 2013.

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• President Obama and Democrats won a mandate to move us forward with jobs, healthcare reform, equality, and nation building here at home.

  Christine Pelosi

  Jobs, Moving, Home

  "President Obama and Democrats Won Embracing Demography as Destiny" by Christine Pelosi, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 7, 2012.

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• President Obama is sending a couple hundred troops to Iraq. We spent six years trying to figure a way to get out of Iraq. And now we're back. But this time there is an exit strategy. Barack Obama has an exit strategy. In 2016, he's gone.

  David Letterman

  Couple, Years, Iraq

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• President Obama is sending troops back to Iraq. He said, 'Don't worry, we should not be there any longer than a Kardashian marriage.'

  David Letterman

  Iraq, Worry, President

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• Iraq is so bad that President Obama phoned Hillary Clinton and asked her if she could start early.

  David Letterman

  Iraq, President, Clinton

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• President Obama said that over 40 countries have offered to help the U.S. fight ISIS. Of course they said it the same way your friends do when they promise to help you move. 'Yeah just call me, you know, if I'm around. It'll be fun.'

  Jimmy Fallon

  Country, Fun, Moving

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• President Obama said that we rely too much on gadgets. He gave a passionate speech about technology, but he had to stop when the teleprompter broke.

  Craig Ferguson

  Technology, President, Passionate

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• Nobody is going to try to confiscate guns, although some Web sites know better: President Obama, they are certain, wants to.

  Dick Cavett

  Gun, Trying, President

  Dick Cavett (2014). “Brief Encounters: Conversations, Magic Moments, and Assorted Hijinks”, p.189, Henry Holt and Company

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• President Obama has a good sense not just of the economic requisites for financial crisis firefighting but also how you build political support for moving forward on reforming the financial system, making sure that the banks are carrying enough capital.

  Lael Brainard

  Moving, Support, Political

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• House and Senate Republicans are now united in adopting earmark bans. We hope President Obama will follow through on his support for an earmark ban by pressing Democratic leaders to join House and Senate Republicans in taking this critical step to restore public trust.

  John Boehner

  House, Support, Leader

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• Though I often disagree with Republicans, I never learned to hate them the way the far right that now controls their party seems to hate our president [Barack Obama] and a lot of other Democrats.

  William J. Clinton

  Hate, Party, President

  William J. "Bill" Clinton's speech at the Democratic National Convention, www.nytimes.com. September 5, 2012.

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• One of the main reasons we ought to re-elect President Obama is that he is still committed to constructive cooperation... He appointed Republican secretaries of defense, the Army and transportation. He appointed a vice president who ran against him in 2008.

  William J. Clinton

  Army, America, President

  William J. "Bill" Clinton's speech at the Democratic National Convention, www.nytimes.com. September 5, 2012.

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• President Obama has offered a plan with 4 trillion dollars in debt reduction over a decade, with two and a half dollars of spending reductions for every one dollar of revenue increases, and tight controls on future spending. It's the kind of balanced approach proposed by the bipartisan Simpson-Bowles commission.

  William J. Clinton

  Two, President, Dollars

  William J. Clinton's speech to the Democratic National Convention, www.washingtonpost.com. September 5, 2012.

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• President Obama started with a much weaker economy than I did. Listen to me, now. No president - no president, not me, not any of my predecessors, no one could have fully repaired all the damage that he found in just four years.

  William J. Clinton

  Years, President, Four

  William J. "Bill" Clinton's speech at the Democratic National Convention, www.nytimes.com. September 5, 2012.

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• Well, what did we buy? Instead of a leaner, smarter government, we bought a bureaucracy that now tells us which light bulbs to buy, and which will put 16,500 IRS agents in charge of policing President Obama's health care bill.

  Michele Bachmann

  Light, Government, President

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