Gearing up for U.S. mid term elections

U.S. President Barack Obama sought to recapture the magic of his 2008 campaign, holding a large open-air rally in Ohio to help Democratic candidates in the Midwestern state. Amid voter anger over the economy and 9.6 percent unemployment, Obama's Democrats are fighting to avoid steep losses in the U.S. Congress and in state governors' races in the November. 2 elections.
Nationally, Democrats are at risk of losing one or both houses of the U.S. Congress, which would make it much harder for Obama to pass legislative priorities.
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The prospects for the Republican Party to win many key races on November 2, the U.S. mid-term elections, are looking good.
The return of the politically conservative party is fuelled in part by massive fund-raising and by the Tea Party.