Mr. Netanyahu, who before the election was widely seen in his country to be favoring Republican Mitt Romney, faces a backlash at home for having potentially antagonized the winner.

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So far, the presidential race has focused on Republican claims that Obama's policies have failed the country, and Democratic assertions that Romney and Republicans seek the same "trickle down" policies favoring the wealthy at the expense of the middle class that led to the last recession.

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