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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• Taking responsibility in the White House

  
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  In the four-plus years that he’s been in office, President Barack Obama has dodged responsibility for the actions of his administration on several occasions by claiming ignorance or blaming everything from the weather to ATM’s for the failures of his policies. On more than one occasion, the president has blamed ...
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• Obama: Michelle Would Not Be Sitting in the Rain. She Has Taught Me About Hair.

  
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  In a commencement ceremony address to Morehouse College yesterday in Atlanta, President Obama made a joke at his wife Michelles expense. "I see some moms and grandmas here, aunts, in their Sunday best -- although they are upset about their hair getting messed up. (Laughter.) Michelle would not be sitting in the ...
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• The Washington Times Comments Section Offers Up a Potpourri of Anti-Obama Racism Following His Morehouse College Speech

  
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  This is a follow-up to my earlier post on Barack Obamas speech at Morehouse College. As I wrote there , Obama ought to be quite popular with conservatives given his race-blind approach to public policy. Unfortunately, Obama is a black man, and the political points to be scored through continuing their addiction to ...
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• Benghazi, AP and IRS…are these the only issues facing America?

  
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  I thought the deficit was the most important issue facing Americans. The GOP leaders were committed to balancing the deficit no matter what it took. Cut, cut, cut that is what Americans were going to have to do. This was by far their issue, but nobody is talking about the deficit anymore. Did it become less important ...
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• Obama Approval Rating Still Solid, Despite Critics

  
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  Last week was, perhaps, the toughest week the Obama administration has yet faced. While congressional Republicans were still trying to turn the Benghaz attacks into a full-fledged scandal, two clearly real scandals have appeared seemingly out of nowhere in the past two weeks. One involves the IRS targeting the ...
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• Barack Obama’s Morehouse Commencement Speech: We Need Black Businesses Out There (VIDEO)

  
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  During the 129 th  commencement exercises at Morehouse College on Sunday, Obama delivered his commencement address urging the graduates to set inspirational examples as black men and try to help improve the lives of other people. Watch:  Obama: We Need Black Businesses Out There
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• President Obama Delivers Commencement Address at Morehouse College

  
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  President Barack Obama was in town on Sunday to deliver the commencement address at Morehouse, the historically black, all-male college in Atlanta. Mr. Obama was his usual, arrogant, cocky self as he delivered the Commencement Address. Obama received a polite smattering of applause when he told the graduates that ...
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• OBAMA DENIES ROLE IN GOVERNMENT

  
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  OBAMA DENIES ROLE IN GOVERNMENT   The New Yorker via Powerline ^ | 5/19/13         Posted on Sunday, May 19, 2013 9:22:17 PM by mathprof   President Obama used his weekly radio address on Saturday to reassure the American people that he has “played no role whatsoever” in the U.S. government over […]
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• In Worst Week Of Obama’s Presidency CNN Publishes Poll Saying His Job Approval Rose

  
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  By Noel Sheppard ~ By virtually any measure, with three scandals exploding on the White House, last week had to be the worst of Barack Obama’s presidency. Despite this, CNN – the self-described most trusted name in news – released a poll Sunday finding the current White House resident’s job approval ...
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• VIDEO: What the GOP and the White House aren’t focused on

  
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• VIDEO: What the GOP and the White House aren’t focused on

  
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  Post at TOBIASRENFROE.COM Americans are getting left in the dark. Thanks for checking us out. Please take a look at the rest of our videos and articles. To stay in the loop, bookmark our homepage . div#grabpreview {display:none !important;} ...
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• Scandal! Or, How to Over-hype a Scandal

  
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  Ugh. Im really hoping that the scandal-ettes peter out this week. And not because Im some lock-step Obama-bot. Because theyre unrelentingly boring and overblown. The Benghazi one should be over and done with, beyond ensuring that such a thing is prevented in the future. The "scandal" was so bad that it got down to ...
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• In symbolic landmark, Myanmar leader heads to White House

  
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  WASHINGTON – Myanmar President Thein Sein on Monday becomes the first leader of his country to visit the White House in nearly half a century, in one of the most symbolic US gestures yet to support his reforms. The former general will meet with President Barack Obama and later seek to woo US businesses that see a ...
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• The Right-Wing Media Salivates: Speaking at Morehouse College, President Obama Dares to Remind the American People that He is a Black Man

  
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  Barack Obama, the United States first black president, rarely talks about race or racism. Moreover, he is weak on policy prescriptions or targeted assistance for communities of color (and black folks in particular)--even though they are a key demographic in his electoral coalition. Obamas election may not have been ...
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• HOPE Snippet: Operation HOPE Stands in Support of an Important and Moving Speech by President Obama at Morehouse College Today

  
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  Today in the pouring rain, 10,000 or more brave souls joined 400 plus proud Morehouse College graduates --- all crowded under ponchos, hats and even program books -- to hear their President "bring the message," to and for young black men of the future.  And rain or no, the President did not disappoint. And yes, ...
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• President Obama Gives the Commencement Address at Morehouse College

  
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  hat tips- 3CHICS , The Obama Diary : President Obama gave the Commencement Address at Morehouse College today. Betesegaw Tadele Valedictorian for Morehouse College Class of 2013 Dorian Joyner, Sr. and Dorian Joyner, Jr. 2013 Father and son Morehouse graduates ...
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• Obama Urges Morehouse Grads To Help ‘Those Left Behind’ In Black Communities

  
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  Atlanta, GA – President Barack Obama delivered a commencement address to Morehouse College on Sunday, stressing the importance of personal responsibility to the school’s historically-black, all-male graduating class. “My whole life, I’ve tried to be for Michelle and my girls what my father wasn’t for my ...
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• Obama Agenda Marches on Despite Controversies

  
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  DatzHott.com - "Where Everything Cool is Hott!" WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite Democratic fears, predictions of the demise of President Barack Obama ‘s agenda appear exaggerated after a week of cascading controversies, political triage by the administration and party leaders in Congress and lack of evidence to ...
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• Obama Morehouse Speech: President Talks Racism, Choices & ‘Excuses’ At 2013 Commencement [VIDEO]

  
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  US President Barack Obama is presented with and honorary doctor of law degree after delivering the commencement address during a ceremony at Morehouse College on May 19, 2013 in Atlanta, Georgia. AFP PHOTO/Mandel NGAN (Photo credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) President Barack Obama , in a soaring commencement ...
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• President Obama Delivers the Commencement Address at Morehouse College

  
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  President Barack Obama delivers remarks during the commencement ceremony at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia, May 19, 2013. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Today, President Obama delivered the commencement address to the 2013 graduates of Morehouse ...
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