President Takes Midwest Tour ; Onlookers Gather by Macon Site.

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In a tour scheduled to bring him to Macon this afternoon, President Barack Obama is telling voters in the Midwest that unless lawmakers rein in Wall Street, there's no guarantee another economic crisis won't hammer the heartland.

Making that link as he sells the Democrats' financial regulatory reform bill is a political imperative for Obama as well as an economic one. He's not on the ballot this fall, but his fellow Democrats face a tough political landscape.

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President Takes Midwest Tour ; Onlookers Gather by Macon Site.

The economic situation is getting back to normal on Wall Street, White House spokesman Bill Burton told reporters today, "but if you look around Main Street an...

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