"He came from a modest background"--Raleigh News-Observer endorses Obama

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http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/10/28/2440915/obama-again.html

Ever since he electrified the 2004 Democratic National Convention with a keynote speech, Barack Obama of Chicago had been marked as a man who might be destined for the White House. Destiny was fulfilled sooner than expected. The then-Illinois senator, a first-termer, was introduced to the next convention four years later as the nominee after a brutal series of primaries that saw him overcome candidates that included Hillary Clinton, the accomplished first lady who now is his secretary of state.

Now Obama seeks a second term, having weathered some early problems dealing with his own Democrats when they controlled Congress, and then running into a brick wall in a Republican-run House.

Yet despite congressional Republicans who vowed to make their first priority his defeat at all costs, the president has accomplished much in his first term.

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1. K&R

[VirginiaTarheel]

2. Awesome

[mnhtnbb]

3. Nicely written endorsement. Puts the obstructionism from Repubs front and center.

Repubs in NC will poo poo it--always claiming N&O is a 'liberal' paper...but it
has become increasingly right of center for the 12 years we've lived in NC
and been reading it.