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Positives: []
 * 1) 1. He announced unequivocal end to torture
 * 2) 2. He ordered closing of Guantanamo
 * 3) 3. He closed the secrets of secret prisons
 * 4) 4. Improved relations with Iran
 * 5) 5. Improved US policy on climate change
 * 6) 6. Launched high speed rail
 * 7) 7. excersides the power to declare carbon dioxide a pollutant
 * 8) 8. He began converting an auto industry to electric vehicle production
 * 9) 9. ^ Those actions all had a positive impact on global climate]
 * 10) 10. Set a time table for those existing Iraq’s
 * 11) 11. Improved relation with Russia
 * 12) 12. Made the rights of women around the world a core component of US foreign policy
 * 13) 13. Improved relations with the Islamic world
 * 14) 14. Ordered closing of military prison at Guantanamo bay
 * 15) 15. He made a new approach to
 * 16) 16. Made progress towards greater cooperation on limiting proliferation
 * 17) 17. He wanted to resolve conflict with middle east envoy
 * 18) 18. Promotion of environment and the strengthening relations to increase cooperation and reduction in conflict
 * 19) 19. He’s made speeches reaching out to Muslims
 * 20) 20. Foreign policy success

Eight Things Barack Obama Has Done to Make the World a More Peaceful Place." //Mind on Fire//. Web. 17 Nov. 2011. .

Obama and Poor People: What Has His Administration Done?" //Black News, Opinion, Politics and Culture - The Root//. Web. 17 Nov. 2011. []

"Obama and the End of 'Hope' in American Politics - Cartersville, GA Patch." //Cartersville, GA Patch - News, Sports, Events, Businesses & Deals//. Web. 18 Nov. 2011. .

Continuing positives: -Civic engagement -Hope Negatives: []
 * 1) 1. People think the reason that people voted for barrack Obama is because of his age
 * 2) 2. Death of racism
 * 3) 3. Triumph of technology
 * 4) 4. The economy is far worse than it was 4 years ago
 * 5) 5. Jobs creation virtually not existent
 * 6) 6. Social security hasn’t been fixed
 * 7) 7. Medicaid and Medicare are ready to explode any moment
 * 8) 8. Newfangled health care hasn’t helped anyone like they said it would
 * 9) 9. Today we are depending on the notion of politics to solve anything in our country
 * 10) 10. They played there same old parties games while millions of people lost the reason to live

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 * 1) 1. Helped poor people
 * 2) 2. Helping low income families
 * 3) 3. Creating pathways to opportunity’s
 * 4) 4. Country dismal unemployment rates and the growing ranks of Americans below the poverty line
 * 5) 5. 44 page document: targeted job training programs to expand pell grants
 * 6) 6. He expanded health coverage to 4 million uninsured children
 * 7) 7. 7 million kids are already under the health care insurance program
 * 8) 8. The affordable care act will ensure coverage for 34 million uninsured people
 * 9) 9. Poor people will then be eligible for Medicaid or tax credits to buy insurance
 * 10) 10. He didn’t give up on the single payer system from the start of 2009’s health care debate
 * 11) 11. Bleeding nearly 750,000 jobs
 * 12) 12. Tax cuts from American recovery act
 * 13) 13. 1.6 million Americans out of poverty and gave relief to more than 100 million others
 * 14) 14. He’s going to meat historical need with people not being able to pay their mortgages
 * 15) 15. Mortgage foundation- helping more than 800,000 homeowners
 * 16) 16. He tried to pass a bill for people that were unemployed
 * 17) 17. 3.2 million people are on the poverty line
 * 18) 18. Changing world class education
 * 19) 19. Funding schools
 * 20) 20. Doubled Pell grants for low income college students
 * 21) 21. He’s not for education reform- he’s for education revolution
 * 22) 22. American job act
 * 23) 23. 50$ million for transportation related job training for minorities, women and low income workers
 * 24) 24. Jobs bill will create over 2 million job opportunity’s
 * 25) 25. There’s still a 9% unemployment rate
 * 26) 26. Invest in jobs and poverty
 * 27) 27. Trying to fix job income for families so there children will have a future
 * 28) 28. Trying to fix the strain of there not being enough money
 * 29) 30. Youth summer act program
 * 30) 29. Instead of money going to funds they should go to families instead