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President Barack Obama waves as he walks off of Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 27, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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On the day of his State of the Union address, President Obama takes a stroll from the Oval Office along the Colonnade of the White House on Tuesday. (Associated Press)

This Nov. 20, 1963 photo released by the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum in Boston, shows President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, Chief Justice Earl Warren, Mrs. Warren, and others descending the Grand Staircase during the Judicial Reception at the White House. On Jan. 24, 2012, the Kennedy Llibrary released the final 45 hours of White House recordings secretly taped during President Kennedy’s time in office. The last tapes were made Nov. 20, 1963, two days before his assassination in Dallas. (AP Photo/The White House, Cecil Stoughton)

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On the day of his State of the Union address, President Barack Obama walks from the Oval Office along the Colonnade of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

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On the day of his State of the Union address, President Obama walks Jan. 24, 2012, from the Oval Office along the Colonnade of the White House. (Associated Press)

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Members of the Stanley Cup champion Bruins meet with President Obama in the White House on Monday. Boston plays at Washington on Tuesday night. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** President Obama sits with White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley while meeting with the Council on Jobs and Competitiveness on Jan. 17, 2012, in the State Dining Room of the White House. (Associated Press)

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**FILE** Jeff Zients, deputy director for the Office of Management and Budget, briefs reporters March 2, 2011, at the White House. (Associated Press)

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White House press secretary Jay Carney gives his daily briefing on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012, in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

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White House Press Secretary Jay Carney speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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President Obama delivers remarks on government reform on Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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White House spokesman Jay Carney speaks Jan. 12, 2012, during the daily briefing at the White House. (Associated Press)

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Actress Angelina Jolie is seen in the Oval Office of the White House on Jan. 11, 2012, during a meeting with President Obama. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** President Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012, during a forum on jobs. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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President Obama, accompanied by leaders from the private sector and the government, speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012, to encourage companies to insource and invest in America. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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President Barack Obama is presented with a Dallas Mavericks team basketball jersey from Dirk Nowitzki as he honored the 2011 NBA basketball champions Dallas Mavericks, Monday, Jan., 9, 2012, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

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White House Press Secretary Jay Carney speaks during his daily briefing, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2012, in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

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Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (left) gets the endorsement of Sen. John McCain in his White House bid during a town-hall meeting in Manchester, N.H., on Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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President William Howard Taft was the heaviest of American presidents and had a 54-inch waist, but he was elected in 1908 and subsequently installed an extra-large bathtub in the White House to little fanfare. More than a century later, can a heavy-set candidate win?