What Would Obama Like to Find Under His Tree?
A political Christmas list for President Obama.
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What a Man Needs - President Obama isn't a man who wants for much. He's got his dream job and a wonderful family. But despite all he's achieved, he still has the audacity to hope. Here's what may be on his list for Santa. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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Lower Unemployment - Unemployment figure dips below 7 percent and stays there.(Photo: John Moore/Getty Images)
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Budget Deal - The New Year will unfortunately ring in a lot of the old, including another round of budget negotiations. An early compromise from House Republicans would make a nice stocking stuffer.(Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images)
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32 Million Subscribers - If this proposed number of people successfully sign up for health plans under the Affordable Care Act, the law's troubled rollout in October might just have been worth the headaches. (Photo: Adam Berry/Getty Images)
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Gun Control - In a rare bipartisan exchange, House lawmakers passed a bill to expand a ban on plastic guns that can go undetected by metal detectors and X-ray machines. How about some controls on metal guns that get into the wrong hands in other ways? (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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Immigration Reform - Time is running out, but an immigration bill or series of bills that provide a pathway to citizenship would be a great way to end the year. (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images)
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A Midterm Sweep - There are still months to go before November's mid-term elections, but one Christmas wish likely in the back of the president's mind is for Democrats to hold the Senate and handily re-take the House. (Photo: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)