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    Senate Democrats and Obama Do Q&A

    For more than an hour today, live on cable TV, President Obama took tough questions from Democratic Senators with electoral problems at home. Asked about the deficit, Obama responded to Indiana's Evan Bayh that we enjoyed our last balanced budget "under a Democratic president who made some hard decisions."

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

    For more than an hour today, live on cable TV, President Obama took tough questions from Democratic Senators with electoral problems at home. Asked about the deficit, Obama responded to Indiana's Evan Bayh that we enjoyed our last balanced budget "under a Democratic president who made some hard decisions." He blamed the deficit on two wars, tax cuts and a prescription drug program that were not paid for by the Bush Administration. Michael Scherer is White House correspondent for Time magazine.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Andrea Brody

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

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      Christian Bordal

      Managing Producer, Greater LA

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      Michael Scherer

      national political reporter, Washington Post

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    1 of 3
    For Toyota, How Bad Will It Get?
    1. 0:00Senate Democrats and Obama Do Q&AYou’re reading this
    2. 7:44Toyota's Total Recall
    3. 43:34Iran Launches a Satellite Rocket
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