Obama plays a stormer, campaigning to keep his job... by being presidential

It may look to America like US president Barack Obama is off the campaign trail.

Thu, 01 Nov, 2012 - 00:00

Ben Feller

He’s really not.

By commanding the response to a ferocious October storm a week before the election, Obama is employing a political advantage in the race to be president.

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