Obama Votes Early in Midterms
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From the Right
Obama casts ballot in Chicago, urges ‘everyone’ to vote earlyPresident Obama cast his ballot Monday in Chicago, taking advantage of early voting in Illinois in a photo-op effort to boost Democratic turnout in key states.
“I’m so glad I can early vote,” he says while getting his ballot at the Dr. Martin Luther King Community Service Center. “I love voting. Everybody in Illinois, early vote.”
He called early voting “a wonderful opportunity.”
When the president walked over to an electronic voting machine, he had to bend over som
From the Left
Obama votes early in ChicagoPresident Barack Obama went to the polls here Monday to take advantage of Illinois’ first day of early voting.
“I love voting. Everybody in Illinois, early vote. It’s a wonderful opportunity,” he said at a polling place a few miles from his home.
From the Left
Obama Returns to Trail With a Blue State FocusPresident Obama jumped back on the campaign trail Sunday after a week of grim Ebola news, with a rally at a high school here aimed at lifting the fortunes of Anthony G. Brown, the state’s lieutenant governor and Democratic candidate for governor.
In a jam-packed gymnasium, Mr. Obama urged the mostly African-American crowd of 8,000 to shake off any midterm malaise and show up on Nov. 4 to put Mr. Brown in the governor’s mansion.
“There are no excuses. The future is up to us,” the president said, his voice...
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