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The state that turbocharged President Obama's 2008 campaign has grown disappointed and impatient with his administration, the New York Times reports. The Times: "Interviews with voters across Iowa offer a window into how the president's standing has leveled off, especially among the independents and Republicans who contributed not just to his margin of victory in the caucuses here but also to the optimism among his supporters that his election would be a break from standard-issue politics. "For Democrats, the immediate peril of failing to hang on to some of these swing voters could play out Tuesday in the governor's race in Virginia, a state Mr. Obama wrested away from Republicans last year but where the Democratic candidate for governor has struggled to recreate Mr. Obama's enthusiastic coalition. "In Iowa, [Pauline] McAreavy fears that the president's health care plan will shortchange her Medicare benefits and mean infrequent mammogram examinations. She worries that his decision on Afghanistan will mean that her son, a member of the Iowa National Guard, will return to the battlefield. And she believes that too many of Mr. Obama's actions are rooted in Democratic politics. "'All my Republican friends -- and independents -- are sitting back saying, "Oh, what did we do?"' Ms. McAreavy said. 'I'm not to that point yet, but a lot of people are.'"

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