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Obama faces true test as honeymoon wanes
Six months into his historic presidency, Americans are beginning to show the first real signs of doubt that President Barack Obama can deliver on his promise of change.
A new poll out Monday suggested that amid the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s, rising unemployment, and a ballooning deficit, the honeymoon could be waning for Obama.
And the president's determination to push through a radical reform of the creaking US healthcare system could come to define the success or failure of his fledgling presidency.
Obama has invested much personally in his high-stakes campaign, a cornerstone of his 2008 White House race which saw him defeat Republican rival John McCain to become America's first African-American president.
But the far-reaching plans to afford health insurance for all Americans have left many worrying who will end up footing the bill.