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Shocking Obama "Voting=Sex" Ad Copies One From Vladimir Putin

The shocking ad from the Obama campaign that compares voting to sex and first-time voting to losing one's virginity is a copycat of an ad released during a Russian election campaign by Vladimir Putin. The Putin ad was also intended to appeal to younger voters based on sexual themes.

In the Obama campaign ad, left-wing actress Lena Dunham says, "Your first time shouldn't be with just anybody. You want to do it with a great guy." Later, the view learns she is talking about voting and not sex. Ref. Source 7

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US presidential election fundrasing crosses $2 billion mark:

The Obama campaign has raised a record $1.037 billion. This is for the first time that any presidential candidate has raised more than a billion dollars in an election cycle. According to Federal Election Commission (FEC) data compiled by the non-partisan Campaign Finance Institute, Romney campaign has raised $950.7 million. Ref. Source 7

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With Christie Obama vows We will not quit until this is done


Six days before the election, the president tours storm-ravaged areas with New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

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President Obama celebrated his re-election early this morning with a call for unity.

"We are an American family and we rise or fall together as one nation," he told supporters at his campaign headquarters in his hometown of Chicago, Illinois, and millions watching on television.

"The best is yet to come," he added, after walking on stage with his wife Michelle and daughters Malia and Sasha to tumultuous cheers. Ref. CNN

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US magazines on Obama's re-election

US magazines are often known for their covers. The New Yorker's ironic cover of Barack and Michelle Obama as terrorists caused much uproar in 2008, as did Newsweek's 'Muslim Rage' cover earlier this year. The magazines were at it again this week, following the re-election of Barack Obama as president. Ref. Source 5

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President Obama has kicked off his first news conference in months, saying: "Our top priority has to be jobs and growth."

He called on Congress to work with him to address the looming "Fiscal cliff" of tax hikes and spending cuts set to hit on January 1.

"Our economy can't afford that right now," he told reporters in the White House. Ref. CNN

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A CNN/ORC International survey indicates that 56% of the American public thinks the country will be better off four years from now, with four in 10 saying it will be worse off.

The 56% figure is down from the 76% who felt that way in late 2008 after President Barack Obama won his first presidential bid.

Forty-three percent say things are going well in the country right now, virtually unchanged from just before the election. Fifty-two percent approve of the way Obama is handling his job as president.

The survey's overall sampling error is plus or minus 3 percentage points. Ref. CNN

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House Republicans negotiating with President Obama on avoiding the so-called fiscal cliff are proposing to increase the eligibility age for Medicare and to lower cost-of-living hikes in Social Security benefits. The proposal is a response to Obama's offer last week to hike taxes by $1.6 trillion over the coming decade but to exempt Medicare and Social Security from cuts to beneficiaries. Ref. USAToday