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He’ll go on the road to talk up stimulus.

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No rest for POTUS: After his first weekend at Camp David, Obama will board Air Force One for a busy few days of stimulus selling. Monday he flied to hard-hit Elkhart, Ind., for a noon town-hall economic meeting before returning to D.C. for a nationally televised stimulus press conference at 8. Tuesday it’s off to Fort Myers, Fla., to highlight increasing unemployment there, and Thursday he’ll celebrate Lincoln’s 200th birthday in Springfield, Ill., before heading home. But not for long—on Friday he’ll take his family to Chicago, just in time for a night on the town with Michelle to celebrate Valentine’s Day.

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