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3:54pm

Wed November 7, 2012
Economy

Obama Must Hit Ground Running As Fiscal Cliff Nears

Originally published on Wed November 7, 2012 4:50 pm

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MELISSA BLOCK, HOST:

From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Melissa Block.

ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST:

And Robert Siegel. The confetti has fallen in Chicago, where President Obama celebrated a decisive reelection win early this morning. Now comes the hard work of preparing for a second term. Before flying back to Washington this evening, Mr. Obama acknowledged some of the big issues ahead.

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7:08pm

Tue November 6, 2012
Election 2012

Independent Voters Could Be Key In Florida

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ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST:

And now on to the biggest state that is really a contested battleground. I mean, we assume New York and California are barely contested by Republicans and Texas is assumed to go to Republican.

MELISSA BLOCK, HOST:

Texas, yeah.

SIEGEL: But with 29 electoral votes, Florida is always a state we look at. And our own Debbie Elliott is in Tampa at the Republican Party event there. And, Debbie, who are the key constituencies in Florida who are thought to be the ones who will decide who wins this day today?

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7:08pm

Tue November 6, 2012
Election 2012

Virginia Exit Polling Shows Obama Lost Support

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MELISSA BLOCK, HOST:

And we're going to be checking in a lot tonight with Andy Kohut of the Pew Research Center, who's here with us now to talk about early exit polls. Andy, what are you seeing, first of all, in terms of the presidential race?

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6:57pm

Tue November 6, 2012
Election 2012

Ohio Already Reporting Solid Voter Turnout

Originally published on Tue November 6, 2012 7:08 pm

Melissa Block talks with Don Gonyea as polls close in Ohio.

6:50pm

Tue November 6, 2012
Election 2012

All Eyes On The Battleground States As Polls Close

Originally published on Tue November 6, 2012 7:08 pm

Robert Siegel talks with Ron Elving about the big picture of Tuesday's elections.

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