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Nov 1 2009, Marco Villa

This Tueday President Barack Obama will face his first electoral test since assuming office. The president is not on the ballot, but in large measure his standing in American will determine the results of the New Jersey and Virginia governors’ races....

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Sen. John McCain R-Ariz. speaks to reporters before the weekly policy luncheons, Tuesday, March 24, 2009, on Capitol Hill in Washington.