History of the United States II / Unit 17 USH2 2443 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Election of 2012
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The idea
In two thousand twelve Obama defeated Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor who had signed health care reform into state law.
In practice
Romney telling donors he did not care to reach the forty-seven percent who, he said, would back Obama no matter what.
Where people slip
Republicans kept the House, the anchor records.
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