President Obama may have picked one of the only places in the country where delivering a speech about his new budget plan would be met with enthusiasm by visiting the Parkville Middle School and Center for Technology in Baltimore on Monday, where he was guaranteed to impress at least a few seventh-graders with his presence before confusing them with talk of discretionary spending and Dwight Eisenhower. Their parents, however, may be a harder sell. –KA

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