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Barack Obama: Liberal Success After All?
Nobel Prize winner and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman has been knocking Barack Obama since the campaign of 2008. Now, Krugman’s written at length to call him “one of the most consequential” and even “successful presidents in American history.”
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenNobel Prize winner and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman has been knocking Barack Obama since the campaign of 2008. Now, Krugman’s written at length to call him “one of the most consequential” and even “successful presidents in American history.” But Obama’s approval ratings are falling fast, and Democrats regard him as a drag in next month’s elections. We’ll talk with Krugman and others about Obamacare, financial reform, Republican opposition and America’s role in foreign affairs.
Plus: an update on the Ebola crisis, and missing students, unidentified bodies and organized crime in Mexico.
Banner Image: President Barack Obama meets with senior military leadership at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., Oct. 8, 2014. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
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3 storiesNurses Say Poor Conditions with Ebola Patients Put Them and Other Patients in Danger
A second nurse is infected with the Ebola virus at Texas Presbyterian Hospital in Dallas, where Thomas Duncan, the patient who flew to the US from Liberia, was treated. The latest victim will be transferred to Emery University Hospital in Atlanta, where others have been successfully treated.
Read the story7 minDefending Obama’s Political Legacy
Recent polls by ABC News show that 51% of Americans see President Obama more as a failure than a success. Democratic candidates in next month’s crucial Senate elections are not inviting the President in to campaign.
Read the story36 minMissing Students and Mass Graves in Mexico
A grizzly story is unraveling in Mexico, where 43 college students disappeared after a confrontation with police in the town of Iguala. A mass grave was discovered, but the DNA of the bodies did not match that of the students who are still missing. In the background are reports of politicians cooperating with drug traffickers.
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