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Thu 11 Nov 2009President's uphill battle just became steeper
ANALYSIS:Barack Obama’s first electoral setbacks are down to the economy and Republicans embracing pragmatism, writes LARA MARLOWE
IT’S HARD to say which hurt US president Barack Obama more: losing Democratic blue New Jersey, or the purple – mixed blue and Republican red – state of Virginia. Both governors’ mansions shifted from Democratic to Republican control in Tuesday’s elections.
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