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Barack Obama Can't Fill Roosevelt Ballroom for Speech

Six weeks before the election, President Obama couldn’t fill the ballroom at the Roosevelt Hotel, despite cheap tickets on offer. And then he was met by hecklers.

Gail Sheehy
Gail Sheehy
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President Barack Obama speaks at a fundraiser in New York City September 22, 2010. (Photo: Susan Walsh / AP Photo)
Gail Sheehy

Gail Sheehy

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