10 Reasons Obama Should Be Re-elected

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Despite his political troubles and poor approval ratings, President Obama continues to be an odds-on favorite to win re-election less than two years before the 2012 election. But should he be re-elected? We put that question to our Whispers insiders who seemed to struggle with an answer. Democrats say he has to be given time to complete his agenda. Republicans joked that a second term would make George W. Bush look like FDR or Reagan by comparison. In the end we pulled the 10 best reasons for why Obama should be re-elected.

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