President Barack Obama casts his ballot during early voting while in Chicago, Ill., on Thursday, October 25, 2012. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
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President Barack Obama casts his ballot during early voting while in Chicago, Ill., on Thursday, October 25, 2012. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
President Barack Obama prepares to cast his ballot during early voting while in Chicago, Ill., on Thursday, October 25, 2012. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
Supporters chant "four more years" as President Barack Obama smiles during a campaign rally in Byrd Park in Richmond, Va., Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012. The president is on the second day of his 48 hour, 8 State campaign blitz. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
An unidentified supporter gives President Barack Obama a 'thumbs-up' at a campaign event at the Carillon at Byrd Park, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012, in Richmond Va. The president is on the second day of his 48 hour, 8 State campaign blitz. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
President Barack Obama embraces a supporter during a campaign event at Doolittle Park, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
President Barack Obama speaks at a campaign event at City Park in Denver, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
President Barack Obama makes a phone call while visiting a campaign office at 1509 E. Hyde Park Blvd. in Chicago, Ill., on Thursday, October 25, 2012. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
President Barack Obama visits a campaign office at 1509 E. Hyde Park Blvd. in Chicago, Ill., on Thursday, October 25, 2012. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
President Barack Obama visits a campaign office at 1509 E. Hyde Park Blvd. in Chicago, Ill., on Thursday, October 25, 2012. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
President Barack Obama visits a campaign office at 1509 E. Hyde Park Blvd. in Chicago, Ill., on Thursday, October 25, 2012. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
President Barack Obama makes a phone call while visiting a campaign office at 1509 E. Hyde Park Blvd. in Chicago, Ill., on Thursday, October 25, 2012. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
President Barack Obama greets supporters outside of a campaign office at 1509 E. Hyde Park Blvd. in Chicago, Ill., on Thursday, October 25, 2012. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
President Barack Obama greets supporters outside of a campaign office at 1509 E. Hyde Park Blvd. in Chicago, Ill., on Thursday, October 25, 2012. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
President Barack Obama greets supporters outside of a campaign office at 1509 E. Hyde Park Blvd. in Chicago, Ill., on Thursday, October 25, 2012. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
President Barack Obama greets supporters outside of a campaign office at 1509 E. Hyde Park Blvd. in Chicago, Ill., on Thursday, October 25, 2012. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
The motorcade passes past Marine One as President Barack Obama departs after a brief visit to Chicago, Ill., on Thursday, October 25, 2012. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
Marine One heads to O'Hare Airport as President Barack Obama departs after a brief visit to Chicago, Ill., on Thursday, October 25, 2012. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
President Barack Obama gesturers as Early Voting Election Official Marie Holmes, far left, checks his ID before casting his ballot in Chicago, Ill., on Thursday, October 25, 2012. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
President Barack Obama shows his early voting receipt after casting his ballotat the Martin Luther King Community Center in Chicago on Oct. 25. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
President Barack Obama greets Early Voting Election Officials as he prepares to cast his ballot during early voting while in Chicago, Ill., on Thursday, October 25, 2012. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
President Barack Obama speaks after casting his ballot during early voting while in Chicago, Ill., on Thursday, October 25, 2012. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
Spectators line the streets to catch a glimpse of President Barack Obama's motorcade during a brief visit to Chicago, Ill., on Thursday, October 25, 2012. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
Spectators line the streets to catch a glimpse of President Barack Obama's motorcade during a brief visit to Chicago, Ill., on Thursday, October 25, 2012. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
President Barack Obama enters as he prepares to cast his ballot during early voting while in Chicago, Ill., on Thursday, October 25, 2012. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
President Barack Obama casts his ballot with the help of Early Voting Election Official Eli Selph during early voting while in Chicago, Ill., on Thursday, October 25, 2012. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
President Barack Obama departs Marine One and heads to his limo before participating in early voting in Chicago, Ill., on Thursday, October 25, 2012. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
Marine One heads to O'Hare Airport as President Barack Obama departs after a brief visit to Chicago, Ill., on Thursday, October 25, 2012. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
President Barack Obama speaks after casting his ballot during early voting while in Chicago, Ill., on Thursday, October 25, 2012. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
President Barack Obama, second from left, casts his ballot during early voting while in Chicago, Ill., on Thursday, October 25, 2012. | Andrew A. Nelles~Sun-Times Media
CLEVELAND, OH - OCTOBER 25: U.S. President Barack Obama addresses a campaign rally at the Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport October 25, 2012 in Cleveland, Ohio. With less than two weeks to go before Election Day, Obama and his GOP opponent, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney are crisscrossing the country attempting to sway voters in the all-important swing states. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
CLEVELAND, OH - OCTOBER 25: U.S. President Barack Obama addresses a campaign rally at the Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport October 25, 2012 in Cleveland, Ohio. With less than two weeks to go before Election Day, Obama and his GOP opponent, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney are crisscrossing the country attempting to sway voters in the all-important swing states. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
Mayor Richard J. Daley, left, leaves the Blackstone Hotel on his way to dinner with former President Harry S. Truman, right, on August 10, 1956. Chicago Sun-Times Library File Photo.
FILE - This 1973 file photo shows former President Richard Nixon. It's a tag team for the ages: Richard Nixon, Mitt Romney and Barack Obama. The arc of history joins all three in the cause of universal health care, promoted by Nixon four decades ago and achieved by Romney and Obama in turn. So where are the high fives between the president and the former Massachusetts governor? (AP Photo, File)
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Saying it’s good to be “back in the neighborhood,” President Barack Obama made history in Chicago on Thursday, becoming the first president to “vote early.” But the most famous man in the world still had to show his ID. “Now ignore the fact that there’s no gray hair on that picture,” he told the election official who asked to see some identification. “I’m just glad I renewed my driver’s license.” … Read More