Obama tells Ohio audience of own family struggles (Here we go again)

President Barack Obama is getting a little personal about the sluggish economy, telling a Cleveland audience about his own family’s struggles and hardships. Obama noted Wednesday that his grandfather served in World War II while his grandmother toiled in factories back home. He was raised by a single mother who put herself through school and got up before sunrise to help him with schoolwork. And, the president says, first lady Michelle Obama’s father kept working in spite of suffering from multiple sclerosis that forced him to walk with crutches.

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