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07/20/11 So much for the meritocracy. Despite an elite education, effusive charm and brilliant wit, Barack Obama, like Bill Clinton before him, has ended up betraying...
07/19/11 A Southern California man's racist post in 2008 suggesting that the then-presidential candidate should be shot is lawful online speech, not a crime, according to a divided federal appeals court. A Southern California man who posted an online racist rant that suggested Barack Obama should be shot during the 2008 presidential campaign was engaged in constitutionally protected free speech and ...
07/18/11 The Democratic Party, as we have known it for the past 70 years, is now in its last days.Yes, the House Republicans may raise the debt ceiling for a mix of spending cuts and revenue raisers. Yes, Barack Obama may win the 2012 presidential contest. Yes, bureaucrats and judges will continue to impose new and costly regulations on the economy.But it doesn't matter. The long-term trends are almost ...
07/18/11 Primary 2012 Candidates lead in state donations Embed multimedia (photos, galleries, audio, map): Where the money came from: Local versus state fundraising Three years ago, Leah Wolczko supported Barack Obama and had never heard of Ron Paul. Since then, her husband has run into bureaucratic hurdles as he started his own plumbing business and she lost her job as a science teacher at Londonderry ...
07/16/11 The G20 Summit, comprised of leaders and finance ministers of 20 countries, is expected to be in Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, Mexico, where it will bring 16,000 visitors, including Barack Obama
07/14/11 From deep in their perhaps permanent political exile, Tennessee Democrats scored a Pyrrhic political point. Annihilated/obliterated/decimated (pick one or all) by the Republican rout last November, which gave the GOP complete control of Tennessee government, the party of Barack Obama , Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Al Gore was able to label the pachyderms "teacher haters."
07/13/11 There's a lot of hardball being played these days and I'm mot talking about the Midsummer Classic, Barack Obama's handing of the nation's debt ceiling or Chris Matthews' afternoon shout-fest on MSNBC.
07/11/11 Byron York Chief Political Correspondent Follow Him @ByronYork During the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama often discussed his mother's struggle with cancer. Ann Dunham spent the months before her death in 1995, Obama said, fighting with insurance companies that sought to deny her the coverage she needed to pay for treatment. "I remember in the last month of her life, she ...
07/11/11 At key moments in his presidency, Barack Obama has struggled to win the support of the American people through the power of his oratory. The power of persuasion has traditionally been one of the most powerful weapons of the commander in chief.
07/11/11 We reported Friday that the marriage pledge that GOP hopeful Michele Bachmann (R-MN) was first to sign contained a bit of not-so-fine print that made a stomach-churning comparison between the era of slavery and the presidency of Barack Obama . The group behind the pledge has since removed the reference (along with a "sorry you were offended" apology that doesn't acknowledge the fact that their ...
07/10/11 TORRANCE, Calif. | Coastal California is Democratic turf, where the party often rolls up landslide victories for its candidates. In 2008, Barack Obama scored a 31-point win in the 36th Congressional District, which runs from the famous Venice boardwalk through the beaches south of Los Angeles International Airport. But this ...
07/08/11 share: digg facebook twitter Stocks plunged after the report was released, although the market recovered some losses in late-afternoon trading. For President Barack Obama, the sputtering job market represents a threat 16 months before his re-election bid. Obama used the dismal job data to press Congress to raise the government's borrowing limit. [...] Republicans oppose an increase in the $14.3 ...
07/08/11 Barack Obama Sr. apparently discussed adoption before little Barack was born, according to news reports. It didn't happen, but two US presidents were, or considered themselves to be, adopted.
07/07/11 As President Barack Obama met with congressional leaders for a crucial negotiating session in hopes of reaching a deal on raising the government's debt limit, the chairmen of New Hampshire's Republican and Democratic parties took turns criticizing and defending him.
07/06/11 The Nation -- One measure of enthusiasm among a party's base heading into an election year is early fundraising returns. In the second quarter of 2007 leading Democrats hauled in major campaign cash, an early sign of the enthusiasm gap that they would enjoy throughout the 2008 election cycle. And when Barack Obama outraised Hillary Clinton, $32.5 million to $27 million for that quarter, it ...
07/06/11 Jamie Smith headed across the Atlantic in search of the American dream. He realised he had found it when US President, Barack Obama, posed for photographs with him in the White House as he congratulated the former Celtic winger on winning the MLS championship.
07/06/11 Twelve principles, three developments, one man: Barack Obama. It is safe to say that never has an American president who has completed only half a term been so analyzed.
07/06/11 Instead of bemoaning the mansions in our community, as well as the energy expenditure, all of which create jobs, why don't you use your influence as the editor of a daily newspaper and send a open letter to Colorado native, Ken Salazar, aka the Interior Secretary and his sidekick, Barack Obama.
07/06/11 Leading the event 140 characters at a time was Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey and Pres. Barack Obama.
07/04/11 Karl Rove was the only Bush administration staffer who had it on Air Force One on Sept. 11, 2001. Barack Obama famously resisted giving up his after being elected president in 2008. And the paparazzi captured Sarah Jessica Parker's twins chewing on hers.
07/03/11 (L to R) Obama, Kennedy, Romney, Huntsman. (PHOTO CREDIT: GETTY IMAGES) FROM CNN's Jack Cafferty: A lot of people didn't think Barack Obama could win the White House in 2008, because he's black. But he did. In 1960, a lot of people didn't think John F. Kennedy could be elected president, because he was Roman [...] | 
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