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"Black man Given Nation's Worst Job." That was the delicious headline in the satirical paper The Onion, in the heady days after Barack Obama's rousing election triumph. Back then we all laughed. Two years on, that same same Barack Obama is struggling to rescue his presidency, amid economic stagnation, massive deficits and continuing foreign wars, while the America that placed its faith in him is stricken by self-doubt, uncertainty and a pervasive sense of decline. But one thing at least is clear: The Onion had it spot-on.






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