{"id":11805,"date":"2017-01-10T15:02:16","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T20:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/?p=11805"},"modified":"2017-01-10T15:02:16","modified_gmt":"2017-01-10T20:02:16","slug":"scorecard-for-a-departing-president-assessing-obamas-successes-and-shortcomings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jamiegraymusic.com\/wordpress\/2017\/01\/scorecard-for-a-departing-president-assessing-obamas-successes-and-shortcomings\/","title":{"rendered":"Scorecard For A Departing President: Assessing Obama&#8217;s Successes And Shortcomings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img src='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.npr.org\/assets\/img\/2017\/01\/09\/obamaimage_wide-cdaa50f886c2a4d39abfc21d0010dd068fbee509.jpg?w=980&#038;ssl=1' style='max-width:600px;' data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Let&#8217;s just say that the pendulum just swung in a hugely opposite direction. The People have voted democrats out of office overwhelmingly. So here&#8217;s the bottom line on Obama&#8217;s Presidency:<br \/>\n&#8220;Republicans will soon control not only Congress and the White House, but more than two-thirds of state legislative chambers, and 32 out of 50 governor&#8217;s offices.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/n.pr\/2jzTUIQ\">http:\/\/n.pr\/2jzTUIQ<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s just say that the pendulum just swung in a hugely opposite direction. The People have voted democrats out of office overwhelmingly. 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