But then there have also been challenges of his own making, such as spending months of political capital on health care reform on top of an already-packed agenda, which led voters from across the political spectrum to tell me on this trip to Virginia that Obama tried to do too much, too fast.
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And if I could digress for a minute, I think all of you should run up to Capitol Hill, check out the House and Senate and see if you can find a single member of Congress, and then tell me on this working day for most Americans whether or not Congress is in session.
Maybe, then, those who so strenuously disagree with my take on this can tell me why the State of Florida requested a waiver on the medical loss ratio in the first place?
The student went on to tell me that part of her focus was studying the history of television programming.
And he used to tell me early on when I ran for Congress, he said it's really results that count.
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Several Hispanics I spoke with in south Texas on Friday tell me about Hispanic Democrats who have remained reluctant to commit to Clinton.
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And he went on to tell me that every member of the Senate represented something in the eyes of their state that was special and represented a piece of their state.
And she went on to tell me about how she got to work at 11 to 7, and she was telling me about how she going to be doing good in the future.
You can't tell me that on the day that we went into that war and it started it was principally the United States of the America and Great Britain and one or two others.
And here's the president having said that he's responsible for all the errors that have been made, saying, you know what, the vice president - he went on to tell me - understands why we have to add troops, because we are having problems.
But how often does a CEO look at a COO and say, 'I remember when you burped on me, so don't tell me how to run the company.
If you tell me I am going to test on my kids, give me some resources to have substitute teachers.
Some of these same folks, on the other hand, tell me they were psyched about seeing a movie, however "incorrect" on several levels, in which a black ex-slave secures freedom for his wife, kills every white man who stands in his way -- and gets away with it.
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Our reporters on Capitol Hill tell me there is no enthusiasm for the tax holiday among lawmakers, except for two of the three who are running for president.
Obey declined to comment on the specifics of the operations in Iran, but he did tell me that the White House reneged on its promise to consult more fully with Congress.
Mr Buffett told CNBC on Thursday that he was "ready for another elephant so if you see one walking by just tell me", suggesting he remains on the lookout for further acquisitions of similar scale.
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