President Obama formally becomes NH primary candidate

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CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- Barack Obama became an official candidate Thursday for the New Hampshire presidential primary, a formality for a man unlikely to face a serious Democratic challenger in the rapidly approaching primary election.

While Vice President Joe Biden submitted the required paperwork to the secretary of state on the president's behalf, his trip served other purposes as well. He promoted the president's latest economic plan in an early afternoon speech at Plymouth State University and offered a reminder in a state buzzing with GOP contenders that Obama cannot be taken lightly in the 2012 presidential contest.

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