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Obama fires up campaign for jobs plan

An impassioned US President Barack Obama Friday stepped up pressure on Republicans to back his new tax cuts, deploying the fireworks of the campaign trail to promote his new economic plan.

US President Barack Obama speaks on the American Jobs Act at the University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia.

Obama traveled to the key 2012 swing state of Virginia, the political turf of one of his top Republican foes Eric Cantor, at the start of an effort to sell his $447 billion American Jobs Act in every corner of the country.

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    Discussion 1 : 09/09/2011 at 09:45 PM1

    Former Democrat PM Abihist was more popular with Thai voters than current Democrat President Obama is with American voters. We saw what happened to Khun Abihist in the last Thai election and will probably see the same happen to Khun Obama in the next US election.

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