Interactive: US inner circles of power
Meet the top consultants, advisers, and pollsters behind Barack Obama and Mitt Romney’s candidacies.
31 Oct 2012
Source: Al Jazeera
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Meet the top consultants, advisers, and pollsters behind Barack Obama and Mitt Romney’s candidacies.