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In reply to the discussion: Well, the austerity scam worked. Now on to education. [View all]ProSense
(116,464 posts)some people are upset that he didn't become a one-termer as they hoped.
Health care reform won (http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022424843). Wall Street reform won (http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022441546). Raising taxes on the rich won (http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022409893). These assholes feel progress biting at their greedy, status-quo asses.
The sequester will be replaced.
Statement from the President (on filibuster of Democratic sequester replacement)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022443634
Eugene Robinson: Obama, winning the argument
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022381931
The notion that the President and Boehner are in on some scam is absurd.
Oh, check out some of the speeches of the new World Bank President, an Obama appointee.
World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim Speech on Anti-Corruption at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/speech/2013/01/30/world-bank-group-president-jim-yong-kim-speech-anti-corruption-center-for-strategic-and-international-studies
World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim Speech at the Conference on Extreme Poverty and Social Inclusion in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
http://www.worldbank.org/en/news/speech/2012/11/06/world-bank-group-president-jim-yong-kim-speech-conference-on-extreme-poverty-social-inclusion
World Bank President On Climate Crisis: If There Is No Action Soon, The Future Will Become Bleakhttp://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/01/25/1497031/world-bank-president-on-climate-crisis-if-there-is-no-action-soon-the-future-will-become-bleak/