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Obama Wins Re-Election A view of the Empire State Building in New York, New York after it was announced that President Obama has been re-elected President as it projects an LED illuminated meter in blue to show the results of the 2012 Presidential Election as CNN counts the numbers of electoral votes for each candidate as polling in each state closes on November 6, 2012. (credit: MEHDI TAAMALLAH/AFP/Getty Images)(credit: MEHDI TAAMALLAH/AFP/Getty Images)

Obama Wins Re-Election Friends and family members of Sarah Obama (L), step-grandmother of USA's President-elect, Barack Obama sings and dances at her homestead in the hamlet of Kogelo in western Kenya following media-announcements of Barack's apparent electoral victory early on November 7, 2012. President Barack Obama swept to a emphatic re-election win over Mitt Romney on November 6, 2012 forging new history by transcending a dragging economy and the stifling unemployment which haunted his first term. (credit: TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images)(credit: TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images)

Obama Wins Re-Election Indian university students pose with a cutout of the image of US President Barrack Obama as they celebrate on hearing a prediction that President Obama was re-elected during a US embassy election party at a local hotel in Delhi on November 7, 2012. President Barack Obama swept to a emphatic re-election win over Mitt Romney Tuesday. As Obama's victory was confirmed with wins in rustbelt Ohio and his spiritual political home in Iowa, large crowds suddenly materialized at the White House, chanting "four more years" and "O-bama, O-bama. (credit: ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images)(credit: ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP/Getty Images)

Obama Wins Re-Election US President Barack Obama celebrates with First Lady Michelle Obama on stage on election night in Chicago on November 6, 2012. Obama swept to re-election, forging history again by transcending a slow economic recovery and the high unemployment which haunted his first term to beat Republican Mitt Romney. (credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)(credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

Obama Wins Re-Election US President Barack Obama celebrates on stage on election night in Chicago on November 6, 2012. Obama swept to re-election, forging history again by transcending a slow economic recovery and the high unemployment which haunted his first term to beat Republican Mitt Romney. (credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)(credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

Obama Wins Re-Election US President Barack Obama celebrates on stage on election night in Chicago on November 6, 2012. Obama swept to re-election, forging history again by transcending a slow economic recovery and the high unemployment which haunted his first term to beat Republican Mitt Romney. (credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)(credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

Obama Wins Re-Election Cyclists look at a sand sculpture of re-elected US President Barack Obama by sand artist Sudarshan Pattnaik at Puri beach, about 70 kms east of the eastern city of Bhubaneswar on November 7, 2012. US President Barack Obama swept to re-election Tuesday, making history by overcoming a slow economic recovery and the high unemployment which haunted his first term to beat Republican Mitt Romney. (credit: STR/AFP/Getty Images)(credit: STR/AFP/Getty Images)

Obama Wins Re-Election US President Barack Obama (L) shakes hands with Vice President Joe Biden on stage after delivering his victory speech in Chicago on November 7, 2012. Obama swept to re-election, forging history again by transcending a slow economic recovery and the high unemployment which haunted his first term to beat Republican Mitt Romney. (credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)(credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

Obama Wins Re-Election US President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama acknowledge supporters following Obama's victory speech in Chicago on November 7, 2012. Obama swept to re-election, forging history again by transcending a slow economic recovery and the high unemployment which haunted his first term to beat Republican Mitt Romney. (credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)(credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

Obama Wins Re-Election An Afghan journalist poses with a cardboard cut-out of President Barack Obama during a US 2012 presidential election watch event at the US embassy on November 7, 2012 in Kabul, Afghanistan. President Barack Obama won re-election against Republican candidate, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. (credit: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)(credit: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)

Obama Wins Re-Election Philippines-based supporters of US President Barack Obama celebrate with balloons and Champagne as the US incumbent leader's re-election at a party in Manila on November 7, 2012. The group of American expatriates calls itself Democrats Abroad Philippines. (credit: JAY DIRECTO/AFP/Getty Images)(credit: JAY DIRECTO/AFP/Getty Images)

Obama Wins Re-Election US President Barack Obama celebrates on stage in Chicago on November 7, 2012. Obama swept to re-election, forging history again by transcending a slow economic recovery and the high unemployment which haunted his first term to beat Republican Mitt Romney. (credit: JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) (credit: JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

Obama Wins Re-Election Villagers of the hamlet of Kogelo in western Kenya dance in celebration following media-announcements of the re-election of USA's President Barack Obama early on November 7, 2012. President Barack Obama swept to a emphatic re-election win over Mitt Romney on November 6, 2012 forging new history by transcending a dragging economy and the stifling unemployment which haunted his first term. (credit: TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images)(credit: TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty Images)

Obama Wins Re-Election People celebrate in front of the White House in Washington on November 7, 2012. Obama was re-elected late Tuesday, making history when he won a second term in the White House and defeated his Republican challenger Mitt Romney, networks projected. (credit: MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP/Getty Images) (credit: MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP/Getty Images)

Obama Wins Re-ElectionPeople celebrate in front of the White House in Washington on November 6, 2012 after television networks the re-election of US president Barack Obama, only the second time in several decades that a Democrat has won a second term in the White House. (credit: NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)(credit: NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

Obama Wins Re-Election People celebrate in front of the White House in Washington on November 7, 2012. Obama was re-elected late Tuesday, making history when he won a second term in the White House and defeated his Republican challenger Mitt Romney, networks projected. (credit: MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP/Getty Images)(credit: MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP/Getty Images)

Obama Wins Re-Election President Barack Obama arrives on stage after winning the 2012 US presidential election November 7, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. Obama swept to re-election, forging history again by defying the dragging economic recovery and high unemployment which haunted his first term to beat Republican Mitt Romney. (credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)(credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

Obama Wins Re-Election President Barack Obama and family arrive on stage after winning the 2012 US presidential election November 7, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. Obama swept to re-election, forging history again by defying the dragging economic recovery and high unemployment which haunted his first term to beat Republican Mitt Romney. (credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)(credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

Obama Wins Re-Election Confetti falls during a celebration of the re-election of US President Barack Obama on election night November 7, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. (credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)(credit: SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images)

Obama Wins Re-Election A supporter listens to US President Barack Obama as he addresses a crowd on stage on election night November 6, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. President Barack Obama swept to re-election Tuesday, forging history again by transcending a slow economic recovery and the high unemployment which haunted his first term to beat Republican Mitt Romney. (credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images) (credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

Obama Wins Re-Election People watch giant television screens in Times Square as President Barack Obama speaks after winning a second term on November 7, 2012 in New York City. (credit: John Moore/Getty Images) (credit: John Moore/Getty Images)

Obama Wins Re-Election People watch giant television screens in Times Square as President Barack Obama speaks after winning a second term on November 7, 2012 in New York City. (credit: John Moore/Getty Images) (credit: John Moore/Getty Images)

Obama Wins Re-Election (From L-R) US President Barack Obama, Vice-President Joe Biden, Second Lady Jill Biden and First Lady Michelle acknowledge supporters on election night in Chicago on November 6, 2012. Obama swept to re-election, forging history again by transcending a slow economic recovery and the high unemployment which haunted his first term to beat Republican Mitt Romney. (credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)(credit: JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

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