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Obama's Awkward Homecoming

The president heads for Illinois today, but won't stump for a friend struggling to win his old Senate seat. Richard Wolffe and Samuel P. Jacobs on the White House home-state election curse.

Richard Wolffe
Samuel P. Jacobs
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Barack Obama (Alex Brandon / AP Photo)
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Samuel P. Jacobs

Samuel P. Jacobs

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