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  1. Barack Obama v Mitt Romney: the vices, the virtues and dog-related issues

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    Early anecdote suggesting that he was destined for great things

    According to his biographer David Maraniss, Obama wrote, in a school essay at the age of 8: “I live near the school. I usually walk to the school with my mom, then go home by myself. Someday I want to be president. I love to visit all the places in Indonesia. Done. The eeeeeeend.”

    Douglas Anderson, now a business school professor and Romney friend, was in his first year at Stanford University when a student he barely knew approached him. “Do you know Mitt Romney?” he asked. Anderson replied that he didn’t. “Mitt Romney is the finest person I have ever known!” the student said, then walked away

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