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Did Obama Prevent a Depression?

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    Historian Douglas Brinkley on the president’s recent comment on how he saved the automakers and prevented economic collapse.

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Author urgency of the pros and -- such -- -- on the but it character do what could stricter read -- saw the replay of -- Among other things who said I never -- recovery would be easy.

But I -- prevent a depression and I save the auto companies.

As we write about.

Well you -- you do today if that's gonna be his big lying you know that he came in with a hemorrhaging.

You know economy came in and in did use the surplus money just stop us from hemorrhaging.

And took their -- gamble on the GM in many people followed GM was a bad idea now GM is making a profit.

That'll probably be talked about a lot because the health care is.

Less popular than the bailing out of GM.

-- you'll see you're less of Obama cared more about how we seem to the great American company and of course -- mostly Michigan to.

Get reelected its second term it's a must win state for the Democrats.

What is.

You know wearing now it's I don't think these debates have been helpful -- Republican slate.

On the just so many of them -- it gives it -- opportunity for gas and you know it's going to be the gap that was sea turtle.

So clearly Gingrich is is getting a very firm believer -- things and whether that would.

Policy.

Bloomberg -- somebody -- -- a third party would be interesting there particular about Perot I mean for a 120 million voters.

You know he's he's point 9% of the vote to -- back in 92 -- -- To -- like Bloomberg came in this climate where people are just sick of politics.

They don't -- -- kind of a pox on both political parties this serious third party person to America make a difference.

I can't believe dollars -- also gives number her -- professional impartially.

They're gamers are as a but -- and I think as a joke.

But apparently not.

Now new some -- well that's a lot of business momentum and everything.

I mean in lights and he's got the momentum in the timing you know.

Going in its neighboring -- just because we -- -- -- world so quickly mean really we've got this week where people are being taken.

What action each other than everybody stalling into -- Christmas holidays.

Game and by early January -- what happened to that Gingrich can win Iowa and hold that -- and effective saying New Hampshire who -- When South Carolina Perry will eventually get out in.

Whatever delegates he he has to or what would get out of Texas would probably go Gingrich is way.

From the east just about tracking in the in the it's looking believe looking like he's -- sinking ship right now.

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Governor -- her -- gums.

Where we -- Ricky Bobby tension fragment always said it was so bad now that.

I'll blondes and -- -- -- returns and -- in Texas.

They are well he's not he's eat it that's the person is most damaged himself -- Brandon woods.

Fairly strong in -- running now he's become a joke in the state of Texas -- the loss.

Any of them hike Q factory in the Japan and Christmas afternoon.

Payback catchy beer there were -- branch for the politics.

No word on there are gone down residual differences -- -- Why is -- -- in clinical him.

And I'm gonna go to Austin side.

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We're just hanging out with my wife and three kids -- holidays most of kinda hard thing to protect target all the members until there are.