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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• Dr. Wilmer Leon Gives Obama Advice on Policies

  
  Your Black World — Authority: 433
  Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III , Your Black World   Early on the campaign trail, presidential candidate Barack Obama said, "This country is ready for a transformative politics of the sort that John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan and Franklin Roosevelt represented." Socially, President Obama is beginning to move in such a ...
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• Breaking News! White House Appoints An “Or Else” Czar

  
  PA Pundits - International — Authority: 516
  President Obama has appointed more Czars Than the Romanov Empire ever had. Bigot Czar, Mad Scientist Czar, Animal Rights Czar, Communist Czar, along with a host of others. One appointment that flew under the radar was the picking of an “Or Else” Czar, as in you will do what you are told, or otherwise be prepared ...
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• The Brewing Democratic Civil War

  
  George's Bottom Line — Authority: 741
  ABC News’ David Chalian Reports: You think keeping 60 Democrats together on health care is rough? Just wait for the debate over President Obama’s eagerly anticipated Afghanistan strategy comes to a full boil.
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• India, US tying up details to make n-deal fully operational: PM

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 716
  By Manish Chand Washington, Nov 23 (IANS) A day before he sits down for talks with US President Barack Obama, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday said the two sides are finalising the details of the nuclear deal that will make their landmark atomic agreement “fully operational”.“We are currently ...
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• India, US set to sign green deal: Manmohan Singh

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 716
  By Arun Kumar and Manish ChandWashington, Nov 23 (IANS) India and the US are all set to sign a memorandum of understanding on energy security, clean energy and climate change, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh announced Monday while seeking cooperation of American companies in these areas.“This will provide a framework ...
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• Tax Increase Needed For War In Afghanistan

  
  CAFFEINATED POLITICS — Authority: 511
  I have made it clear that I think more troops are required to fight the Taliban in Afghanistan.  I also am one of those who think President Lincoln was correct by understanding that wars that are correct to fight also have to be paid for by the nation.    President Bush never offered a way to [...]
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• “Smart diplomacy” futile: Obama’s Nice Guy Act Gets Him Nowhere on the World Stage

  
  Fausta's Blog — Authority: 142
  Der Speigel’s harsh assessment of Obama’s trip to China: Obama’s Nice Guy Act Gets Him Nowhere on the World Stage When he entered office, US President Barack Obama promised to inject US foreign policy with a new tone of respect and diplomacy. His recent trip to Asia, however, showed that it’s not working. A ...
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• Obamas First Thanksgiving Proclamation: Just OK [Holidays]

  
  Gawker — Authority: 866
  Thanksgiving Proclamations are, for the most part, pretty routine. Namecheck settlers, Washington, Lincoln, God, and our Troops. Encouraged people to give thanks. The end. But there are some key...
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• Obama (Sort of) Comments on the Bow Flap: Controversy Leaves Me Speechless [Surrender]

  
  Gawker — Authority: 866
  Barack Obama has responded, via an anonymous aide, to charges that by bowing to the Communist emperor of Japan he was actually surrendering and apologizing for World War II, which is technically...
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• An Unsurprising Slide for Obama

  
  The Caucus — Authority: 778
  New poll numbers confront the president.
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• Art Imitating Life

  
  The Republican Temple — Authority: 516
  Folks, by and large, Saturday Night Live is a liberal outpost. Yet props to them for exposing Obama for who he really is – a fraud.
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• Obama Holds Pre-Thanksgiving War Summit

  
  Mouth of the Potomac - NY Daily News Blogs — Authority: 662
  With President Obama expected to announce his Afghanistan war plans after Thanksgiving, he’s giving himself a little more to chew on over the long weekend, having added a fresh war council meeting tonight. The late meeting would seem to bolster sources who told The Mouth a decision could come the week after the ...
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• Red Alert: The Second Wave of The Financial Tsunami

  
  Pak Alert Press — Authority: 544
  The Wave Is gathering force & could hit between the first & second quarter of 2010by Matthias ChangMany of my friends who have been receiving my e-mail alerts over the last two years have lamented that in recent weeks I have not commented on the state of the global economy. I appreciate [...]
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• World Awaits US Plan to Help Curb Global Warming

  
  EscapeTheIllusion.com — Authority: 130
  Washington – With just over two weeks to go before global climate negotiations in Denmark, the United States has yet to decide whether it can meet international expectations and offer to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by a certain amount in the next decade. The success or failure of the talks in Copenhagen could ...
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• The Decline and Fall of the American Empire

  
  Pak Alert Press — Authority: 544
  by Len HartAlbert Einstein said: “the men who possess real power in this country have no intention of ending the cold war.” It is one of the most incredible ‘coincidences’ in history that as the Berlin Wall fell and communism ceased to be the global threat we had been told it was, a new ‘bogey [...]
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• Obama Proves That Nice Guys Do Indeed Finish Last

  
  The Republican Temple — Authority: 516
    When he entered office, US President Barack Obama promised to inject US foreign policy with a new tone of respect and diplomacy. His recent trip to Asia, however, showed that it’s not working . A shift to Bush-style bluntness may be coming. There were only a few hours left before Air Force One was scheduled to ...
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• Obama schedules 9th meeting on Afghanistan

  
  Planet Washington — Authority: 477
  President Obama has added another meeting to his schedule today to talk about the Aghanistan strategy. The 8 pm meeting will be in the White House Situation Room. It will be his 9th on the subject. The guest list, from the White House: Vice President Biden Secretary of State Clinton Secretary of Defense Gates ...
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• Obamas Nice Guy Act Gets Him Nowhere on the World Stage

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 172
  When he entered office, US President Barack Obama promised to inject US foreign policy with a new tone of respect and diplomacy. His recent trip to Asia, however, showed that its not working. A shift to Bush-style bluntness may be coming. There were only a few hours left before Air Force One was scheduled to depart ...
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• Palins book and Obamas bow: a media week to forget

  
  The Smirking Chimp - News And Commentary from the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy — Authority: 631
  Ugh, what a gruesome week it was for news consumers as the "serious" press showered time and attention on two GOP-friendly stories that defined "trivial pursuits": a book release and a bow . Sadly, this is what the Beltway press corps now voluntarily -- eagerly -- reduces itself to: chasing pointless, vacuous ...
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• Obama: Make Your Turkey Pardons Mean Something

  
  The PETA Files — Authority: 640
  Every year, a couple of days before Thanksgiving, our nations president "pardons" two of the 46 million turkeys who are set to be slaughtered for holiday meals. And every year , we write to the president asking him to ensure that the turkeys receive the care necessary to give them the lengthy, happy lives that they ...
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