Obama enthusiasm fades in unlikely place: Wisconsin

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October 15, 2010

MADISON, Wis. — This is not a place where you’d expect President Barack Obama’s hopes of a new liberal era to founder.

The state has a long tradition of leaning left: It’s where Robert La Follette helped usher in the Progressive era, where anti-war protests took hold during Vietnam and where Gaylord Nelson helped create Earth Day and the modern environmental movement.

Two years ago, Obama swept it by a landslide-like 14 percentage points, moving it solidly into his column after years of razor-close wins by Democrats.

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