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Obama 3 points ahead of Romney

Electoral count: Obama 223-183

Where there's a visible trend, Obama is improving in 3 states and declining in 4

Obama blue, GOP red

Governors: Democrats stand to win one state with 4 Democratic seats held in doubt. GOP stands to pickup one with 3 GOP seats in doubt.

Senate: GOP is on target to pick up three seats with five other possibles. Democrats could possibly pick up two. Only four seats need change for GOP to win Senate. The Democrats are clearly in danger and the situation has gotten worse in recent weeks

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Sam Smith has been a musician for many decades. He started the first band his Quaker school ever had and played drums with bands up until 1980 when he switched to stride piano. He had his own band until the mid-1990s and has played with the New Sunshine Jazz Band, Hill City Jazz Band, Not So Modern Jazz Band and the Phoenix Jazz Band.

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Bob Walter, trumpet; Jimmy Hamilton & Coleman Hankins, clarinet; Paul Hettich, bass; Sam Smith, piano. Bob Resnik, drums

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