Obama and GOP Hopefuls Set Their Sights on Swing States
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President Obama chats with people at the Countryside Barbecue restaurant in Marion, N.C., on October 17, 2011 during the first of his three-day American Jobs Act bus tour.
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Produced by Jillian Weinberger