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    Barack Obama, Back on the Road

    Signed into law today, the $789 stimulus package is the biggest thing of its kind since the Great Depression. Passed in three weeks with help from just three Republicans, President Obama is gambling that it will work. The GOP's gambling that it won't and that Obama will take the blame. Outside the Beltway, Obama wins two-to-one in the polls.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    Signed into law today, the $789 stimulus package is the biggest thing of its kind since the Great Depression. Passed in three weeks with help from just three Republicans, President Obama is gambling that it will work. The GOP's gambling that it won't and that Obama will take the blame. Outside the Beltway, Obama wins two-to-one in the polls. This week in Denver and Phoenix, he'll talk jobs and once again dramatize his grass roots appeal. Is bipartisanship an illusion? Will Obama transform governance into a permanent campaign?

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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      Sonya Geis

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      Michael D. Shear

      New York Times

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      Senior Editor, National Interest

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      Washington Examiner / Fox News

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    The full episode

    2 of 3
    Barack Obama, Back on the Road
    1. 1:32US General Says Iraq Needs More Time
    2. 7:18Barack Obama, Back on the RoadYou’re reading this
    3. 42:19California to Lay Off 20,000 State Workers
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