{"id":1926,"date":"2009-08-05T14:38:43","date_gmt":"2009-08-05T22:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gtdtimes.com\/?p=1926"},"modified":"2009-08-05T14:38:43","modified_gmt":"2009-08-05T22:38:43","slug":"is-obama-getting-things-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/2009\/08\/is-obama-getting-things-done\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Obama getting things done?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigmoney.com\/articles\/judgments\/2009\/08\/03\/getting-things-done-president?page=full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1928\" src=\"https:\/\/gettingthingsdone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/gtdtimes\/2009\/08\/obamamap.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"272\" height=\"216\" \/><\/a>Paul Smalera wrote a great piece over on Slate&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebigmoney.com\/articles\/judgments\/2009\/08\/03\/getting-things-done-president?page=full\" target=\"_blank\">The Big Money <\/a>speculating if Obama were using GTD.  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