Supporters of US Democratic Party candidate Barack Obama rally on Westminster bridge in London on November 1 2008. The Economist, the widely-respected British weekly current affairs magazine, backed on October 30 Obama 'wholeheartedly' to become the next US president, describing him as a gamble America should take. Getty Images logo Getty Images 13 months ago

Supporters of US Democratic Party candidate Barack Obama rally on Westminster bridge in London on November 1 2008. The Economist, the widely-respected British weekly current affairs magazine, backed on October 30 Obama 'wholeheartedly' to become the next US president, describing him as a gamble America should take.

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  7. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 6: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) speaks after a meeting with President Barack Obama and other Senate Democrats on Capitol Hill December 6, 2009 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama traveled to Capitol Hill to speak with Senate Democrats while they consider their version of healthcare reform legislation.
  8. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 6: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) speaks to reporters after a meeting with President Barack Obama and other Senate Democrats on Capitol Hill December 6, 2009 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama traveled to Capitol Hill to speak with Senate Democrats while they consider their version of healthcare reform legislation.
  9. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 6: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) speaks to reporters after a meeting with President Barack Obama and other Senate Democrats on Capitol Hill December 6, 2009 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama traveled to Capitol Hill to speak with Senate Democrats while they consider their version of healthcare reform legislation.
  10. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 6: Senator Max Baucus (D-MT) speaks to reporters after a meeting with President Barack Obama and other Senate Democrats on Capitol Hill December 6, 2009 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama traveled to Capitol Hill to speak with Senate Democrats while they consider their version of healthcare reform legislation.
  11. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 6: Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-CT) speaks to reporters before heading to a meeting with President Barack Obama and Senate Democrats on Capitol Hill December 6, 2009 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama traveled to Capitol Hill to speak with Senate Democrats while they consider their version of healthcare reform legislation.
  12. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 6: Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) waits to speak to reporters after a meeting with President Barack Obama and other Senate Democrats on Capitol Hill December 6, 2009 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama traveled to Capitol Hill to speak with Senate Democrats while they consider their version of healthcare reform legislation.
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