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    Barack Obama: Doing Too Much or Too Little?

    With the motto, "never waste a good crisis," Barack Obama is pushing a broad agenda at the same time he’s trying to stabilize the financial system and restore economic stability. Eight weeks into his four-year term, the new President appears on TV two or three times a day, each time, it seems, with a different challenge.

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

    With the motto, "never waste a good crisis," Barack Obama is pushing a broad agenda at the same time he’s trying to stabilize the financial system and restore economic stability. Eight weeks into his four-year term, the new President appears on TV two or three times a day, each time, it seems, with a different challenge. While polls show the public remains on his side, "Obama’s honeymoon in the corridors of power has come to an abrupt end." Now Warren Buffett and other authoritative supporters say he ought to be focusing like a laser beam on fixing the economy -- right now. The White House insists that issues like healthcare, education and global warming are basic to economic recovery, long term. But is Obama addressing the costs and trade-offs honestly?

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    Barack Obama: Doing Too Much or Too Little?
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    3. 43:32CBNC's Cramer Gets Slammed by Jon Stewart
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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Michael Scherer

      national political reporter, Washington Post

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      Newsweek and Washington Post

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    The full episode

    2 of 3
    Barack Obama: Doing Too Much or Too Little?
    1. 1:47Signs of Light in the Economic Darkness?
    2. 7:46Barack Obama: Doing Too Much or Too Little?You’re reading this
    3. 43:32CBNC's Cramer Gets Slammed by Jon Stewart
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