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Central Ohio Entrepreneurs See Good And Bad In Second Obama Term
January 21, 2013
by Debbie Holmes
89.7 NPR News Morning Host

Central Ohio small businesses see positives and negatives for their future as President Obama is inaugurated for a second term. WOSU examined two companies in 2011 and now both have expanded, yet one remains wary about government regulations and their effects on doing business.

READ MORE: http://wosu.org/2012/news/2013/01/21/central-ohio-entrepreneurs-see-good-and-bad-in-second-obama-term/

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At Georgia school, Obama pushes plan to expand preschool access, but won’t discuss cost
By Associated Press, Published: February 14

DECATUR, Ga. — Raising hopes among parents who want preschool for all, President Barack Obama on Thursday rolled out a plan to vastly expand government-funded early childhood while keeping the price tag a secret.

READ MORE: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/obama-pushes-more-pre-k-programs-while-education-secretary-tries-to-save-current-one/2013/02/14/2b1b7238-767d-11e2-b102-948929030e64_story.html

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In His Hometown of Chicago, a Policy Speech by Obama Turns Personal
By JACKIE CALMES
Published: February 15, 2013

CHICAGO — President Obama came home on Friday for a policy speech that inevitably turned personal: He spoke of teaching law nearby, meeting his wife, Michelle, raising their daughters less than a mile away and then, most recently, watching the first lady return for the funeral of a vivacious teenager gunned down in a park.

READ MORE: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/16/us/politics/obama-promise-zone-program-distressed-areas.html

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State Officials Still In The Dark On Possible Sequester Cuts
February 26, 2013
by Karen Kasler
Statehouse Bureau Chief, Ohio Public Radio and Television

A series of automatic federal budget cuts known as the sequester looms at the end of the week, and the White House has put out a list of how those cuts might affect Ohio. But the only thing that’s clear about the possible sequester is there’s a lot of confusion.

READ MORE: http://wosu.org/2012/news/2013/02/26/state-officials-still-in-the-dark-on-possible-sequester-cuts/

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Hmm...so huge cuts really don't make a significant dent in the deficit. Almost like they'd need to be accompanied by additional revenue to work...

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Hmm...so huge cuts really don't make a significant dent in the deficit. Almost like they'd need to be accompanied by additional revenue to work...

If only we had competent leadership!

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If only we had competent leadership!

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LOL...yes, the Budget Control Act of 2011...legislation...was created by the executive branch, not the legislative branch.

I mean, despite the fact that 80% of House Republicans voted for it and only 50% of House Democrats. Despite the fact that Boehner said the bill gave him 98% of what he wanted. Despite the fact the entire thing was done because of Republicans holding the debt ceiling hostage in the first place, while Congress allowed the previous president to raise it 5 times to double it during his two terms without forcing him to assign spending cuts. Despite the fact the first sequester was done under Reagan in 1986...

Yes, despite all that...this is clearly "Obama's Sequester".

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This Frontline gives some great insight into how we got into this situation; clearly, Obama does not keep his word.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/cliffhanger/

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I find it hard to complain too much about the national picture when...

http://www.columbusunderground.com/forums/topic/columbus-is-nations-fourth-strongest-economy

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Yes, despite all that...this is clearly "Obama's Sequester".

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Yes, silly Americans believing its Republicans.

http://www.people-press.org/2013/02/21/if-no-deal-is-struck-four-in-ten-say-let-the-sequester-happen/

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Don't forget the republican controlled house was on recess last week and John Boehner was playing golf in Florida the same time as Obama. You could run two cartoons side by side and the only thing you would have to change is the skin color of the golfer to orange.

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Delay, delay, delay. Blame, blame, blame.

Fire them all, I say. It's embarrassing.

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Don't forget the republican controlled house was on recess last week and John Boehner was playing golf in Florida the same time as Obama. You could run two cartoons side by side and the only thing you would have to change is the skin color of the golfer to orange.

Strange isn't it. All that press behind the last "cliff", now barely any leading up to this one. Neither side seems to give a damn (maybe related). Both sides of the political sports fans pointing fingers instead of pressing their own leaders (typical).

That's ok though, because at least we'll magically fix the issue of mass shootings with gun control methods that mean absolutely nothing. Not to mention blindly slash money towards programs in hopes they collapse completely (social security, medicare, etc...).

Obama and team D might have a slightly better public opinion poll on who's fault this all is, but they fail to realize that team R is way more fanatical and half of current team D support comes from finicky independant voters. Voters that will completely abandon them the first time a real presidential nominee gets thrown in front of them to vote for.

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Strange isn't it. All that press behind the last "cliff", now barely any leading up to this one. Neither side seems to give a damn (maybe related). Both sides of the political sports fans pointing fingers instead of pressing their own leaders (typical).

That's ok though, because at least we'll magically fix the issue of mass shootings with gun control methods that mean absolutely nothing. Not to mention blindly slash money towards programs in hopes they collapse completely (social security, medicare, etc...).

Obama and team D might have a slightly better public opinion poll on who's fault this all is, but they fail to realize that team R is way more fanatical and half of current team D support comes from finicky independant voters. Voters that will completely abandon them the first time a real presidential nominee gets thrown in front of them to vote for.

Yeah, Obama will likely go the way of Bush when his terms up, quiet never to be heard from again shitty president.

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Strange isn't it. All that press behind the last "cliff", now barely any leading up to this one. Neither side seems to give a damn (maybe related). Both sides of the political sports fans pointing fingers instead of pressing their own leaders (typical).

That's ok though, because at least we'll magically fix the issue of mass shootings with gun control methods that mean absolutely nothing. Not to mention blindly slash money towards programs in hopes they collapse completely (social security, medicare, etc...).

Obama and team D might have a slightly better public opinion poll on who's fault this all is, but they fail to realize that team R is way more fanatical and half of current team D support comes from finicky independant voters. Voters that will completely abandon them the first time a real presidential nominee gets thrown in front of them to vote for.

I'm not sure what tea leaves you're reading, the GOP is freaking out over this. All Obama has to do is sit on his position and the GOP will snap between the piece of the party that always wanted across-the-board cuts, and the piece that loves the military and elderly transfers. Since Obama's position really is a position of both tax increases/spending cuts, there's little political sense for him to adopt the GOP position of all spending cuts for stuff the GOP hates.

They realize a good portion of the current GOP is fanatics, that's why there's zero incentive to cave.

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