President Barack Obama

President Barack Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States on November 4, 2008, succeeding President George Bush.

Born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961, he attended Harvard Law School where he became the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review. He later became a state senator in Illinois, and went on to serve as a US Senator for the same state in 2004.

His presidency is considered historically significant for several reasons.

He is the first African American president, with an African father from Kenya and Caucasian American mother. He raised record amounts of money from small donations, mainly through the internet, on his own social media site, also leveraging Twitter, and Facebook. Because of this success, the use of social media in Obama's campaign has become a topic of study for those wishing to leverage the technology for promotional purposes, much in the way business blogging became a topic of discussion eight years ago as a result of political blogging.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “President Barack Obama”

• Well, SOMEONE Is Having A Good Year

  
  NO QUARTER — Authority: 490
  And that would be lobbyists. Yes, the group singled out repeatedly by President Obama when he was Candidate Obama is having one of their best years EVER. Apparently, the agenda of the Democrats is really helping them out. Oh, yay! Doesn’t that make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside? Yeah, me, too. Here Obama ...
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• Podcast: President Obama

  
  The Caucus — Authority: 786
  New York Times editors and reporters discuss how President Obama, fallen to earth from the euphoria of his inauguration, is running against a ticking clock.
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• COBRA Subsidy Extension Signed by Obama

  
  EmploymentSpectator — Authority: 135
  President Barack Obama signed legislation that extends the amount of time involuntarily terminated workers will receive subsidies for COBRA continuation coverage. Prior to this extension, the COBRA subsidy program only applied to workers who were involuntarily terminated from September 1, 2008 to December 31, 2009.  ...
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• Sen. Lindsey Graham Says White House Engaged In ‘Seedy Chicago Politics’ (As if South Carolina is Better)

  
  Truth Wins Out Blog — Authority: 599
  Sen. Lindsey Graham’s has charged that the White House engaged in “seedy Chicago politics” to get its health reform bill passed. “It was definitely a cheap shot and completely unwarranted,” Valerie Jarrett, one of several Chicagoans who came to Washington with President Obama, said of the South Carolina ...
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• WHITE HOUSE: PRESIDENT OBAMA VISITS BOYS & GIRLS CLUB + RESPONDS TO BLACK CRITICS

  
  CONCRETELOOP.COM — Authority: 580
  President Barack Obama took time out of his busy schedule to read the Polar Express to children at the Boys and Girls Club of Washington on Monday (Dec. 21). In an interview with April Ryan of American Urban Radio Networks on Monday, the President responded to black critics who say he hasn’t done much for ...
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• Health Care – What Did Obama Say?

  
  Weatherdem's Weblog — Authority: 122
  Did Sen. Obama campaign on a public option or not?  It’s a question that is taking up a lot of pixels online and airtime on radio and TV.  As a motivation to go looking for some answers, I have pondered something for a while about President Obama and other elected officials: How much does every American read into ...
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• Does Obama compromise too much?

  
  Anderson Cooper 360 — Authority: 545
  The Copenhagen climate talks ended in discord, Hamid Dabashi says Hamid Dabashi Special to CNN When the United States, China, Brazil, India and South Africa struck an agreement in the United Nations climate change summit in Copenhagen, many other countries were unhappy with the outcome. Roberta Alenius, a ...
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• Dear President Obama #338: For crying out loud: Just vote already

  
  Anderson Cooper 360 — Authority: 545
  Reporters Note: The Senate now plans to vote on approving its version of health care reform on Christmas Eve. Nothing says Christmas quite like a steaming bowl of lawmaking, eh? So like a captured solider on a forced march I continue trying to follow it all, and writing my daily letters to the White House. ...
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• Newsweek 2010 Predictions: Obama Does Nada on Gay Rights

  
  From the Left — Authority: 473
  Wednesday, December 23, 2009 Newsweek is out with its annual list of predictions for the coming 2010 calendar year and #9 states: Obama Does Nada on Gay Rights . Patience became the 2009 mantra of the gay rights movement, which generally supports Democrats. Many activists believe that in his heart ...
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• Sign Up! and Happy Holidays!

  
  Donna Magazine — Authority: 129
  I discovered something that can make you feel like a star. I was on the computer last night, just after finishing a conversation with a friend and client of mine I am doing editing for her first book. I popped into my computer a CD that I borrowed from the Toronto Public Library. The CD was a Michael Bublé one ...
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• Barry From D. C. Nooooo!

  
  Anti-BVBL — Authority: 137
  During Governor Tim Kaine’s last radio show, he had a caller, ‘Barry from D. C. ’ The Virginia governor had quite a suprise from this ‘Barry from D. C.’ As it turns out, ‘Barry from D. C. ‘ was none other than the President of the United States, who had called to play a trick on the governor who is ...
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• “Colorblindness”: The Trouble with President Barack Obama’s Boilerplate Response to Concerns from Black Elected Officials

  
  A DC Observer — Authority: 114
  I continue to be dismayed with President Barack Obama’s position on questions from Black United States citizens. He seems to believe that any request for attention for issues of concern to the Black community (writ large) is exclusively race based. Hence, he developed a flawed boilerplate response that not only ...
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• Creepy White House Christmas Decorations

  
  Can I Just Finish My Waffle? — Authority: 125
  Say it ain’t so.  I so hope this is not true. Why let a holiday season come between the White House and making some political statements? The White House pegged controversial designer Simon Doonan to oversee the Christmas decorations for the White House. Mr. Doonan, who is creative director of Barney’s New York ...
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• The presidents Really Big Healthcare Pitch, part two (Public option? What public option?)

  
  The Reid Report — Authority: 528
  President Obama never promised you a rose garden ... or a public option ... President Obama is putting on the hard sell to convince Americans to love health reform, and rather than seeking to soothe the base, he’s employing a rather different strategy: denying he ever promised health reform with a public option.  ...
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• Obama pledges to help small banks

  
  Progressive News Daily — Authority: 160
  By Jim Puzzanghera The Los Angeles Times (First Mutual Bank near San Francisco) President Obama welcomed the leaders of a dozen small banks to the White House today, saying they largely were not to blame for the financial crisis and promising to help cut federal red tape so they could increase lending to ...
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• Baltimore Soldier Home for the Holidays Killed On City Streets

  
  politics from the eyes of an ebony mom — Authority: 432
  When a young person goes off the serve their country friends and loved ones pray for their safety. One such young person was Private Clifford Williams. He was home on a 15 day leave. He wanted to spend Christmas with his son and he would have celebrated his 23 rd birthday the day after Christmas, but sadly his family ...
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• Merry Christmas, Tim

  
  Coarse Cracked Corn — Authority: 119
  Governor Tim Kaine gets a surprise gift during his last "Ask the Governor" radio call-in show.
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• The President is a Fool

  
  The Insanity Report — Authority: 430
  “This is Barry, from DC”  – Really Mr. President?  Really?  Nice to know he still has his sense of humor.  LOLimage: http://theinsanityreport.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/obamawonthisshit.jpgShare with your friends:
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• Obamas Express Condolences for Death of Ann Cooper

  
  The Caucus — Authority: 786
  Ann Nixon Cooper, 107 years old, was the woman who Mr. Obama made famous last year during his election night speech in Chicagos Grant Park.
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• Obama Lauds Smaller Banks, Meltdown Not Their Fault

  
  Watch your favorite videos on the internet. — Authority: 177
  President Barack Obama meets with leaders of smaller, community banks, saying afterward that these lenders are largely not responsible for the risky behavior they helped crash the US financial system. (Dec. 22)
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