barack Obama

Barack Obama was elected president of the United States in November 2008, comprehensively defeating the Republican John McCain. He is generally described as the "first black (or African-American) president", being the son of a Kenyan father and a white mother from Kansas.

He graduated from Harvard Law School in 1991 and was elected to the US Senate in 2004, having previously been a state senator in Illinois.

His presidential victory was put down to his winning support from a "rainbow coalition" of voters. He appealed to middle class Americans, and the race was seen to swing his way when the economic crisis of 2008 started to take hold. The unpopularity of Republican President George Bush was also a factor.

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• Obamas Interview With Jim Lehrer Dec. 23

  
  Today With President Barack Obama — Authority: 448
  Full transcript . An excerpt: JIM LEHRER: Are you going to actually participate with - PRESIDENT OBAMA: We are - we are - we hope to have a whole bunch of folks over here in the West Wing, and Ill be rolling up my sleeves and spending some time before the full Congress even gets into session, because the ...
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• Hanlon’s Theatre: Obama promised us a Public Option

  
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  Don’t let anyone tell you differently. Click here to view the embedded video.
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• Health Care in February?

  
  Taylor Marsh — Authority: 606
  Obama has been told that disputes over abortion and the tight schedule are highly likely to delay a final deal, a blow to the president, who had hoped to trumpet a health care victory in his big speech to the nation. But he has also been told that House Democratic leaders seem inclined, at least for now, to largely ...
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• We wish you a commie Christmas, we wish you a commie Christmas, we wish you a commie Christmas, with lots of trans-ves-tites

  
  I Hate the Media Article Feed — Authority: 608
  Ahhh, the Holidays. Eggnog, mistletoe, a commie dictator, a transvestite, and an egomaniac. What madness is this, you say? Well, according to BigGovernment.com, the White House Christmas tree is decorated with ornaments adorned with photos of Mao Tse-Tung, a transvestite named–and, no, we are not making this ...
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• Podcast: President Obama

  
  The Caucus — Authority: 798
  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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• Obama Ceded Sovereignty to Interpol

  
  The Lonely Conservative — Authority: 574
  Last night I told you about President Obama signing an executive order granting immunity to Interpol . No major media outlet has picked up on this story that I know of. But there’s been some analysis by Andy McCarthy at NRO and Steve Schippert at Threats Watch . McCarthy has questions: On Wednesday, however, ...
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• Did China Kill Copenhagen?

  
  DeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science — Authority: 695
  The Guardian published an interesting and depressing article yesterday on Chinas behind-the-scenes involvement in killing Copenhagen . A fascinating peek into the closed door meeting between Barack Obama and around 50 other international representatives during their last ditch effort to cobble together an ...
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• Democrats put health care bill on brink of passage (AP)

  
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• Martin Rowson: Obama offers Copenhagen little hope

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  There was much Barack Obama could have told the climate summit delegates, but he left them disappointed Martin Rowson
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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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• Obamas Keeping Christmas To Themselves

  
  Mouth of the Potomac - NY Daily News Blogs — Authority: 598
  Give President Obama some holiday props: He didn’t disrupt snow-covered Washington or interrupt an already sluggish retail sales season with an 11th-hour Christmas shopping spree at one of the area malls. The truth is while it can be really cool for a President to show up at your shop, it also kills business ...
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• Cost to Fight Each Al Qaeda Member in Afghanistan Per Year: $300 Million

  
  War On You: Breaking Alternative News — Authority: 532
  December 23rd, 2009 War is a Racket by Smedley D. Butler Via: ABC News : As he justified sending 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan at a cost of $30 billion a year, President Barack Obama’s description Tuesday of the al Qaeda “cancer” in that country left out one key fact: U.S. intelligence officials ...
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• "Sarah, Shane and Josh are good people. They meant no harm to the Islamic Republic of Iran and respect your ancient and noble civilization"

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 545
  Barack Obama believes it necessary to coo and flatter and fawn over these thugs, so why not Nora Shourd? If Hitler kidnapped three Americans in 1938, would everyone be rushing to proclaim how much they respected Germanys ancient and noble civilization? An update on this story . "Mom of US hiker in Iran pleads ...
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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: 603
  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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• President: Healthcare bill is more than half-a-loaf compromise

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 176
  President Barack Obama on Wednesday dismissed criticisms stirring among the political left that he has hedged his principles as this years healthcare debate has toughened. During an interview with PBSs "Newshour," the president said those who now charge he has "compromised" his key healthcare goals are "not paying ...
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• Fall Of The Republic-The Presidency Of Barack H Obama-Part 5

  
  USA | Barack Obama News — Authority: 138
  The long awaited master piece from Alex Jones and the Infowars team is finally here..Please support the film maker buy signing up to prisonplanet.tv or purchasing a copy at infowars.com..The time is now to take back our great country from the scumbag bankers and bought and paid 4 politicians.. prisonplanet.tv http ...
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• Barack On Bush-McCain Philosophy

  
  USA | Barack Obama News — Authority: 138
  With 9 days left before elections day, Barack Obama spoke to an enormous crowd at the civic center park at the state capital in Denver, Colorado….Post from: USA | Barack Obama News Post from: USA | Barack Obama News
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• Changed tossed in the ditch

  
  Coarse Cracked Corn — Authority: 118
  Sign the petition . Tell the President we want, we need, a public option.
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• Grover Norquist Random Progressive Quote Generator

  
  Rumproast — Authority: 556
  Grover licks the FDL petition for good luck. Grover Norquist Random Progressive Quote: “I don’t want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drown it in the Firedoglake .”
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• Health Reform Leaves Millions Uninsured, and the Rest Must Wait

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 763
  Barack Obama made providing universal health care a key goal of his campaign and presidency. "We have decided that its time to give every American quality health care at an affordable cost," Obama said as recently as June 11 . But as the U.S. Senate prepares to vote on a health-care reform bill that would still leave ...
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