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durin- a s'ee#h in Osa!atomie, Kan., and in an inter.ie! on "/0 0inutes," 1resident 2ara#3 Obama laid out the broad #ontours of his re*ele#tion strate-4. 5e'ubli#ans !ould be !ise to examine his !ords and 're'are a##ordin-l4. r. Obama will frame this election as a fight for the middle class. 6e told his Kansas audien#e that 7meri#a !as on#e a 'la#e !here "hard !or3 'aid off, and res'onsibilit4 !as re!arded, and an4one #ould ma3e it if the4 tried." o!,

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as he informed "/0 0inutes" #orres'ondent 8te.e Kroft, "the rules are ri--ed" a-ainst "middle*#lass families." !as to "restore balan#e, restore fairness," and he then told 0r. Kroft that a "balan#ed a''roa#h" to the nation's defi#it #risis re<uired "e.er4bod4 to do their fair share."

*ut resentment is not an effective political appeal. +mericans tolerate une,ual outcomes if they believe people have e,ual opportunity. Crude #lass !arfare li3e 0r. Obama's has ne.er been su##essful in 'residential #am'ai-ns =#onsider #andidates 0ondale, "u3a3is, >ore and Kerr4?. In fa#t, a %allup poll of o.. 29*"e#. 1 shows that fewer +mericans =$@A? now believe income ine,uality )represents a problem that needs to be fi-ed " than belie.ed that in 1;;9 =@2A?. President Obama will most likely not win in 2012. even he agrees. iller" Be3e. "0ost 7meri#ans 2elie.e Obama Will Cose
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President *arack Obama is told +*/'s %eorge 0tephanopoulos &ust now that he is the underdog in the 2012 campaign. $n a ,uote that will undoubtedly be repeated by his Republican opponents" Obama added that +merica is )not better off) than it was four years ago. 7s3ed !hat t!o !ords !ill define 2012H Obama said !e "ha.en't boiled it do!n to a bum'er sti#3er, but it's our .ision for the future " Obama faced tough ,uestions on 0olyndra" the bankrupt solar company that received a federal loan. Obama said the loan "!ent throu-h the re-ular re.ie! 'ro#ess," and added that )hindsight is always 20120.)