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November 07, 2012 Politics » Politics Beat

It's Obama! Four More Years.

by Jackson Baker

Okay, we did our duty, staying the course until, somewhere well short of dawn’s early light, we were able to discern the winner: President Barack Obama, having survived a leftover recession and a bad first debate, will serve another four-year term as…

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