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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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “barack obama”

 

• Rocky Anderson Presidential Campaign Promotes Separation Of Church And State

  
  Irregular Times: News Unfit for Print — Authority: 498
  As President, Barack Obama has had a mixed record on the separation of church and state. While he has sometimes spoken about the need for tolerance in the sphere of religion, some of his actions have promoted religious intolerance and discrimination. Obama has increased the size of the White House Office of ...
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• Technopark IT firm carves niche in mobile applications

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 506
  Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 9 (IANS) In less than two years, the Technopark-based Schogini Systems have made giant strides in mobile applications, touching 3,000 downloads every day of their around 450 mobile applications and even getting a word of praise from US President Barack Obama.From a staff of just six two years ...
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• Republicans Give Up, Nominate Obama.

  
  An American Gothic — Authority: 112
    by detroitmechworks         Tue Feb 07, 2012 According to an unnamed source, "We just cant get the base enthused about any of the nominees." Turning to pure desperation tactics, the Republican Party decided today that their only tactic for victory in November was in fact to ...
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• Conservative Clint Eastwood Bit The GOP’s Head Off With Super Bowl Ad…

  
  An American Gothic — Authority: 112
      …. and it has made the likes of Fake Fox News and Karl Rove flat out lose their minds. It was a really great “ America “ commercial, which really drives Republicans batshit crazy.   Why the Right Went Insane Over the Clint Eastwood Superbowl Ad by CaseyGregg    Tue Feb 07, ...
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• Obama’s contraception rules under fire from Congress and religious groups

  
  THE HOT JOINTS — Authority: 417
  This article titled “Obama’s contraception rules under fire from Congress and religious groups” was written by Chris McGreal in Washington, for The Guardian on Thursday 9th February 2012 00.24 UTC Barack Obama has come under a barrage of criticism from Congress and religious organisations over a new ...
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• US missile kills al Qaeda chief in Pakistan

  
  top99news - breaking news from the world top newspapers — Authority: 166
  http://www.telegraph.co.uk US missile kills al Qaeda chief in Pakistan US missile have killed one of Barack Obama’s top targets in Pakistan, the de facto leader of al Qaeda in the country who was wanted for the deaths of nearly 100 people. published date:Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:16:21 GMT
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• The Untold Story: The Continuing Demise of the Construction Industry

  
  Triple Pundit — Authority: 626
  For over 115 years architecture and engineering students at Georgia Tech have watched the Atlanta skyline grow upward and outward. Now a seeminingly chronic recession has stopped growth. Credit: Courtesy of Georgia Institute of Technology By Richard Thornton Like generations of aspiring architects and civil engineers ...
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• Dolan to Obama: Stop Intruding Into Internal Life of a Church

  
  FREEDOM EDEN — Authority: 500
  Obama made a grave miscalculation when he tossed out the First Amendment and assaulted the religious liberty of Catholics. Really, who thought that would be a good idea? When a president spits on the Constitution, its not going to turn out well. As Americans, we cherish our freedoms. Generations have fought and ...
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• Four Ways the U.S. Could End Up at War with Iran Before the Election*

  
  Swampland — Authority: 126
  Most political analysts in Washington believe that war with Iran is unlikely, especially before the November U.S. elections. Politically it would be hard for President Obama to engage in another Middle Eastern war given the war weariness of the U.S. electorate, let alone the question of being able to afford it at a ...
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• Obama Mandate: Six Things Everyone Should Know

  
  FREEDOM EDEN — Authority: 500
  Heres an informative press release from the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops: WASHINGTON— The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops offers the following clarifications regarding the Health and Human Services regulations on mandatory coverage of contraceptives, sterilization and ...
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• House Conservatives Support Barack Obama’s Latest Stimulus

  
  RedState — Authority: 771
  Since February of 2009 when President Barack Obama began his aggressive push for stimulus into the American economy, he focused on one core area — infrastructure. In fact, in his stimulus speech before Congress in 2009, his States of the Union in 2010, 2011, and 2012, and his Jobs Act speech of late 2011, the ...
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• Anna Wintour’s Designers And Models Runway To Win For Obama

  
  StyleFrizz — Authority: 429
  Anna Wintour is rolling up her fashionable sleeves to help Barack Obama in his Re – Election campaign ! And we couldn’t be happier! If she continues the Runway to Win initiative to support Obama , we’ll have more and more fashionable pretexts to talk politics and style. Tuesday, February 8th 2012, Anna ...
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• US missile kills al Qaeda chief in Pakistan

  
  Daily Telegraph | Telegraph.co.uk — Authority: 163
  US missile have killed one of Barack Obamas top targets in Pakistan, the de facto leader of al Qaeda in the country who was wanted for the deaths of nearly 100 people. Related Stories Al Qaeda is at "its weakest state" since 9/11, says senior Government security adviser
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• Elections Are for Suckers

  
  Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines — Authority: 699
  By Robert Scheer Bribes from billionaires? Let’s just dip our fingers in purple ink and pose for photos. Related Entries February 9, 2012 Clint, Rick and the Limits of Pessimism February 8, 2012 Killing Fellow Americans? Sure, Say Most of Us
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• Only Option for Republicans on Obama’s Free Contraceptive Mandate is to Stress Government Overreach

  
  Taylor Marsh — Authority: 577
  “There really isn’t a constitutional issue involved in this.” – David Boies, on “The Last Word,” with Lawrence O’Donnnell (leading U.S. constitutional attorney) There is no constitutional issue on the contraceptive coverage mandate, as David Boies explained last night. Republicans have two choices, ...
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• 9 February 2012. A Picture IS Worth a Thousand Words… THIS is Rick Santorum’s “Religion”… Sure Doesn’t Look Catholic to Me

  
  Voices from Russia — Authority: 429
  ______________________________ The above image shows Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum being “prayed over” at the Bella Donna Chapel in McKinney TX . That sure doesn’t look very “Catlick” to me! It looks like a bunch of sectarian Pentecostalist fanatics instead. There’s no vested ...
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• Obama launches Extreme Marshmallow Cannon – video

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  The White House science fair launches with a bang on Tuesday as Barack Obama shoots marshmallows at the wall in the state dining room
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• Obama’s Super-PAC-Men

  
  carnage and culture — Authority: 118
  Campaign-finance hypocrisy gone wild By Michelle Malkin http://www.nationalreview.com February 8, 2012 The White House didn’t blow a dog whistle for deep-pocketed liberal donors on Monday. No, the administration whipped out a supersized vuvuzela. Blaring message: Let loose the ...
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• Lessons for Obama from the Super Bowl

  
  TIME.com — Authority: 654
  President Obama made a broad appeal to the American people in his pre-Super Bowl interview with Matt Lauer that spoke to both his psychological strengths and limitations. Known for his last-minute, come-from-behind successes, Obama shares an attitude with winner-take-all quarterback Eli Manning. And eager to get his ...
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• Reich the Idealist

  
  blueollie — Authority: 119
  I like Robert Reich. He says what he thinks and he isn’t happy about Obama going the super PAC route : It has been said there is no high ground in American politics since any politician who claims it is likely to be gunned down by those firing from the trenches. That’s how the Obama team justifies its decision ...
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