STEVE INSKEEP, host:
Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep.
Just as his approval ratings were climbing, President Obama faced a setback. He said he would attend the Super Bowl if his hometown Chicago Bears made it. They just missed. Now the president faces the bitter, bitter job of traveling to Wisconsin, home of the Green Bay Packers, who beat the Bears. Republican Governor Scott Walker plans to give the president a gift. His staff won't say what the present is, but it may be Packers-related.
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