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  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Eugene Kane column
    Aug 22, 2010 — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
    His personal approval numbers have also dipped below 50%, according to several polls. Jeremiah Wright, a Baptist minister in Chicago with a reputation for fiery speeches. Obama was a member of Wright's Baptist church for more than 20 years before being forced to repudiate Wright in the midst of his campaign for president.
  • When Is a Muslim Not a Muslim?
    Aug 21, 2010 — New York Times
    Obama is a Muslim is due to a concerted effort from the right. As Obama said, his grandfather was a Muslim. As the Pew poll notes, “Beliefs about Obama’s religion are closely linked to political judgments about him.
  • President a Muslim? 18% say yes
    Aug 20, 2010 — The Columbus Dispatch
    From ages 6 to 10, Obama lived in predominantly Muslim Indonesia with his mother and Indonesian stepfather.
  • Should Obama show his faith?
    Aug 19, 2010 — Politico
    When he came to Washington as president, many expected Obama would select a new church or sample many different ones. But in more than 19 months he’s been in office, he has been seen heading to the golf course more than to church. “When Rev. And his faith is very important to him.
  • Who gets the car?
    Aug 18, 2010 — Politico
    Potato Head of campaign stump speech metaphors. The president keeps expanding on it. The other day he decided Republicans were sipping Slurpees as they watched Democrats dig out the car. There’s been a lot of mud in the ditch. Get you back in the mud.” Obama even introduced his 12-year-old daughter Malia to the ditch.
  • Obama begins move to the middle
    Aug 12, 2010 — Politico
    Maybe that’s just what he planned. Facing reporters Wednesday, Gibbs neither apologized nor backtracked. He was angry at the liberal TV pundits who bash the president, Gibbs said, standing by his words. Iran is now getting stiff sanctions along with offers to talk. Still in the works is the yet fully-unfurled Obama the budget hawk.
  • Obama departs Dallas after short visit at Highland Park fundraiser
    Aug 10, 2010 — The Dallas Morning News
    They have spent the last 20 months politicking. They've forgotten I can politick pretty good." As for Barton, Obama said, "He apologized to BP. (NYSE:BP) Said I'm sorry. I'm sorry the president shook you down.
  • President Obama lands in Austin, confers briefly with Gov. Perry
    Aug 9, 2010 — The Dallas Morning News
    It will probably be a very brief conversation," Burton said before the two leaders met. Obama clasped his right arm. Then, as the president moved down the line to other greeters -- Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell, state Sen. They, too, chatted beyond the earshot of reporters. Obama then circled back for one last word and handshake with Perry before striding to his waiting limo.
  • Texas Democratic candidates distance selves from Obama
    Aug 1, 2010 — Fort Worth Star-Telegram
    Rick Perry on down have made Obama-bashing a political sport. The midday stop in Austin is also expected to include a public event that Obama may use to tout his administration's performance on the economy. As of late July, major polls gave the former Illinois senator an average approval rating of 45.7 percent, compared with a 49.3 percent disapproval rating, according to Real Clear Politics.
  • Obama's minister in chief manages matters of faith both public and private
    Jul 31, 2010 — Washington Post
    They aren't usually Democrats.DuBois was drawn to Obama because of his speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. In the process, he consults clergy leaders from all religious traditions.DuBois usually prays with the president by speakerphone from his office at Jackson Place, a White House annex. Frequent guests are Bishop Charles Blake of the Church of God in Christ, a conservative-leaning church, and the Rev.
  • Obama
    Jul 30, 2010 — Detroit Free Press
    Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow, U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick and Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne, who got the biggest burst of applause. Later in an area where workers add certain fasteners and check the welds he and plant manager Pat Walsh.
  • Obama pumps up auto workers, drives Chevy Volt
    Jul 30, 2010 — Detroit Free Press
    Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow, U.S. Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick and Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne, who got the biggest burst of applause. Pete Hoekstra, R-Holland, said the visit was a crass political ploy. "Michigan is suffering.
  • CAMPAIGN RALLY: Obama says 'Nevada's future is bright' with Reid
    Jul 9, 2010 — Las Vegas Review-Journal
    A private dinner at Aria for donors raised $800,000, according to the Reid campaign. We want the Las Vegas dream to be a reality. This is one tough guy," Obama said. "He does not give up.
  • President sounds in campaign mode in his KC visit
    Jul 9, 2010 — The Kansas City Star
    ...said Carnahan, the Missouri secretary of state. During a conference call with reporters before the president's arrival, Blunt said he was actually happy about Obama's appearance because it helps Republicans. Blunt, who refers to Carnahan as "Rubber Stamp Robin" because of her support for so many of Obama's policies, said Obama's stewardship of the economy had fallen flat. "The federal government has created so much uncertainty and is spending way too much money," said Blunt, a...
  • Obama lashes out at GOP during visit to Kansas City
    Jul 8, 2010 — The Kansas City Star
    Republicans had not offered any new ideas, only fought him at every turn. He said the GOP thinks that foiling him is a win, whether or not it hurts the country."They're trying to sell you the same stuff they've been peddling," Obama said. "They are peddling that same snake oil they've been peddling for years."Obama was in a more somber executive mode earlier in the day during a tour of Smith Electric Vehicles near Kansas City International Airport.
  • Obama pushes financial reform in Racine
    Jul 1, 2010 — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
    The same crisis that cost people their homes, their life savings. Cory Mason and Rob Turner, both Racine Democrats; and state Sen. John Lehman, a Racine Democrat. Jim and Jessica Doyle and Barrett greeted the president when Air Force One landed at Mitchell International Airport a little after noon.
  • Obama uses Racine visit to rap GOP, tout economic programs
    Jul 1, 2010 — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
    Industry insiders were put in charge of industry oversight. After a half-hour speech, the president took off his suit coat, rolled up his sleeves and answered six questions from the audience. President." Another read, "Help bring our jobs back home," a reminder that the city lives with a 14.2 percent unemployment rate.
  • On The Media: Oil spill commentary floats on surface of real issues
    Jun 22, 2010 — Los Angeles Times
    Done.Considering the alternatives among these media opinion leaders, one might find inspiration in the president's six-month moratorium on new offshore drilling. Beck assured us Obama's oil-spill response amounted not to some garden-variety political opportunism but something grandly nefarious. One guest assured Bream that the administration's response to the oil spill was much worse than the Bush administration's response to Katrina.
  • Are liberals falling out of love with Obama?
    Jun 21, 2010 — Washington Post
    On Afghanistan, nearly seven in ten (68 percent) of liberals say the war is not worth fighting with a whopping 58 percent saying they feel that way strongly. Bill Bradley was going to exploit liberal discontent with then Vice President Al Gore 's incremental approach to issues in the 2000 Democratic presidential primaries?
  • FULL STORY
    Jun 15, 2010 — CNN
    Bromwich, who was a Justice Department inspector general in the Clinton administration, will oversee the reorganized agencies that formerly comprised the Minerals Management Service in the Department of Interior. Energy was last a topic in 1979, when Jimmy Carter spoke about America's inability to overcome the energy crisis. CNN's Dana Bash, Anderson Cooper, Suzanne Malveaux, Ed Henry, Ed Hornick and Tom Cohen contributed to this report.
  • The politics of anger and race
    Jun 9, 2010 — CNN
    But scholars say Obama's critics ignore a lesson from American history: Many white Americans don't like angry black men. That symbol is hardwired into American history and popular culture. Ambar, from Lehigh University, doesn't think so.
  • Why Obama doesn't dare become the angry black man
    Jun 9, 2010 — CNN
    But scholars say Obama's critics ignore a lesson from American history: Many white Americans don't like angry black men. Franklin Roosevelt was such a president, historians say. Ambar, from Lehigh University, doesn't think so.
  • Obama's message in Kalamazoo
    Jun 8, 2010 — Detroit Free Press
    Obama surprised graduates as they waited in a holding room, eliciting a huge roar from the teens when he walked in the room. Mark Schauer and Gary Peters -- drew on his personal experiences in explaining to graduates that true excellence comes through only perseverance. You were honest with yourselves about where you were falling short.
  • Obama defends policies
    Jun 3, 2010 — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
    The speech was billed as a sequel to Mr. Meltzer said in phone interview after the speech. "President Obama talks about reducing spending, but he hasn't vetoed a spending bill." Dr. Goodman, an organizational psychologist, said the challenge facing Mr.
  • Obama: 'Furious' at situation in Gulf
    Jun 3, 2010 — CNN
    Watch"Larry King Live," at 9 p.m. ET. In a White House interview for the 25th anniversary of "Larry King Live" on CNN, Obama called the oil spill an unprecedented crisis for the country but added it could have been worse. The interview took place shortly after Obama met with Arizona Gov.
  • Fact Check
    May 24, 2010 — The Florida Times-Union
    Honestly, only Obama truly knows his religious beliefs. And we only know what he has told us in his writings and interviews. But there's no indication in any of those that he has been or is Muslim. Only Turkey has a predominantly Islamic population and that country is governed by secular law not Islamic Sharia law.
  • In Md., Obama still feels the love
    May 21, 2010 — Washington Post
    John WagnerMaryland Gov. Martin O'Malley has planted trees with President Obama's agriculture secretary on a cattle farm near Westminster. Voters across the country have soured on Democrats since Obama was elected in 2008 and continue to be anxious about the economy.
  • Obama's Primary Test
    May 21, 2010 — New York Times
    Let’s count the ways:“Obama ignored the Tea Party movement,” writes Jennifer Rubin at Commentary. “He ignored polls on health-care reform. Obama, either ignoring him or running against him. Not too long ago, before Specter pledged Democrats his troth, Specter voted against the White House nomination of Kagan for solicitor general.
  • Immigration highlighted in Obama-Calderon meetings
    May 19, 2010 — Denver Post
    Calderon has condemned Arizona's law, which makes it a state crime to be in the country illegally.
  • UConn Women Meet President Obama - Again
    May 18, 2010 — The Hartford Courant
    The president and First Lady were gracious in the time they spent with us and very real and genuine.
  • Elena Kagan chosen by Obama for Supreme Court
    May 10, 2010 — Denver Post
    The other justices all served previously as federal appeals court judges. Obama always had Kagan on his short list but still considered a broader group of candidates, interviewing four.The president informed Kagan that she would a Supreme Court nominee on Sunday night. Just 16 months in office, Obama has a second opportunity with Kagan.Kagan, who is unmarried, was born in New York City.
  • Michigan grads say they'll take Obama message forward
    May 2, 2010 — Detroit Free Press
    Marston said, Obama "found many resistances to change." It was a point that prompted a knowing nod from Obama, who immediately leaned toward Gov. Jennifer Granholm and said, "That's true." As graduates, Marston said, "we must embrace change and follow the lead of Michigan graduates who have changed the world." 'We are proud of you' Obama swore in several dozen ROTC graduates, all in dress uniforms, during U-M's Saturday commencement. The grads are now...
  • Blagojevich attorneys want to subpoena Obama
    Apr 23, 2010 — Chicago Tribune
    In December 2008, shortly after Blagojevich's arrest but prior to the presidential inauguration, Obama said he had "never spoken to the governor on this subject. The filing notes that the two spoke there and that two top aides to Blagojevich later discussed that conversation in a wiretapped phone call.
  • Blagojevich wants Obama to testify at ex-governor's trial
    Apr 22, 2010 — Chicago Tribune
    In December 2008, shortly after Blagojevich's arrest but before the presidential inauguration, Obama said he had "never spoken to the governor on this subject. The filing notes that the two spoke there and that two top aides to Blagojevich later discussed that conversation in a wiretapped phone call. Eve.But after his conviction, Rezko began to cooperate with federal authorities.
  • Obama Aims to Sell Financial Overhaul in N.Y. Speech
    Apr 22, 2010 — New York Times
    Sachs were veterans of the Clinton administration’s Treasury and Mr. Other advisers included Daniel K. Tarullo, whom Mr. Parkinson the Fed’s top banking regulator.) Mr.
  • Ask socialists: Is Obama one of them?
    Apr 15, 2010 — CNN
    But what do actual socialists think about Obama? Not all socialists, though, want to confiscate personal property. Frank Llewellyn, national director of the Democratic Socialists of America, says the bailout had nothing to do with socialism.
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