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of Barack Obama is a behind the scenes look at Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. Filmmakers Amy Rice and Alicia Sams began filming Obama in...

By Staff Many African-American Obama supporters who wept and gloried in the end of racism in America turned on Gay-Americans. [Some wonderful African-Americans fought against Proposition 8 with the same strength that some African-Americans supported Hillary.] Obama said nary a word against...

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By BY LYNN SWEET Sun-Times Columnist WASHINGTON -- A lot of lives have changed since Barack Obama won the presidential election one year ago last Wednesday, none so much as the life of Chicago's Sam Kass, the engaging, shaved-head assistant White House chef and food initiative coordinator, a crusader for healthy eating wh...

By intownwriter But the “1-2 punch” strategy worked. With the boost from the Democratic Party of Georgia’s mailings, Kasim’s campaign continued to stress the Kasim = Democrat, Mary = Republican story and Kasim’s support surged. The result is that Kasim will face Mary in a run-off on December 1.

By exemployee Get the economy back on track: President Obama signed legislation to jumpstart our economy, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, less than a month after his inauguration. The plan will save or create 3.5 million new jobs, make critical investments in our infrastructure and give 9...

By The Huffington Post News Editors Hoping to pull together the needed Democratic support to get health care reform through the House of Representatives, President Barack Obama urged members to look at the results of New York's special congressional election for inspiration. More on Barack Obama

By The Huffington Post News Team In a final push to get health care reform through the House of Representatives, President Barack Obama warned lawmakers on Saturday that a vote against... In a final push to get health care reform through the House of Representatives, President Barack Obama warned lawmakers on Saturday th...

While Ryan Reynolds hosted Saturday Night Live over the weekend, an issue was glaringly evident that no contrast adjustment to one's TV could fix--Barack Obama is still not black on SNL. In a opening sketch that featured Fred Armisen portraying the ...

By Ken Obama’s Frightening Insensitivity Following Shooting A bad week for Democrats compounded by an awful moment for Barack Obama.  President Obama didn’t wait long after Tuesday’s devastating elections to give critics another reason to question his leadership…

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By intracoastalbob Barack Obama’s Corrupt Cronies November 6, 2009 by Chip Wood  And then she concluded, “If Barack Obama can’t deliver on these, what does it tell you about the era of hope and change? It tells you that it was a complete farce. That is what my book documents, extensively and comprehensively.”

By Lisa Solod Warren Arianna Huffington 's headline in HuffPo Tuesday was "Obama One Year Later: The Audacity of Winning vs The Timidity of Governing." On Wednesday's Hardball MSNBC... Arianna Huffington 's headline in HuffPo Tuesday was "Obama One Year Later: The Audacity of Winning vs The Timidity of Govern...

By Scott Whitlock An example of Anderson Cooper doing a “Chad Decker” impression might be on March 21, 2008 when he conducted a softball interview with Barack Obama, failing to press the presidential candidate on many of Reverend Jeremiah Wright’s more incendiary remarks. At one point, Cooper sympathet...

By Michael Brenner The Clinton sojourn was punctuated by the revelation that President Karzai's brother, Ahmed Wali Karzai - top warlord of Kandahar, has contracted with the CIA on a retainer basis. He provides some of his armed militia men to provide helpful services when not occupied in their main vocati...

By Rutherford It’s the Economy, Stupid None of us can forget that day in late September of 2008 when John McCain said he would suspend his campaign until the economic crisis had passed. In particular, he was suggesting that his upcoming debate with Barack Obama be cancelled. Obama responded that a Presid...

By William Bradley One year ago, Barack Obama was elected president of the United States. Is his presidency delivering on the promise of his candidacy? Yes. I think... One year ago, Barack Obama was elected president of the United States. Is his presidency delivering on the promise of his candidacy? Yes. I think he...

By noreply@blogger.com (Nate Silver) I certainly don't think the No on 1 campaign can be blamed; by every indication, they ran a tip-top operation whereas the Yes on 1 folks were amateurish. But this may not be an issue where the campaign itself matters very much; people have pretty strong feelings about the gay marriage issue a...

By Brian Moylan On the show, it is definitely a space lizard (maybe Balloon Boy's dad's conspiracy theories about lizard people were right all along!), but like a Chicago Tribune review by Glenn Garvin points out, it could also be about our nerd president.

By Robert Creamer As I watched Barack Obama's victory speech a year ago, I thought that America was on the brink of a new progressive era. I believe that just as strongly one year later, as well as in the slogan, "Yes We Can." As I watched Barack Obama's victory speech, I thought that America was on the brink of a ne...

Headlines for November 03, 2009; Appeals Court Rules in Maher Arar Case: Innocent Victims of Extraordinary Rendition Cannot Sue in US Courts; Israeli Activists Criticize US House for Considering Resolution Condemning Goldstone Report on Israeli War Crimes in Gaza; "By The People: T...

Headlines for November 03, 2009; Appeals Court Rules in Maher Arar Case: Innocent Victims of Extraordinary Rendition Cannot Sue in US Courts; Israeli Activists Criticize US House for Considering Resolution Condemning Goldstone Report on Israeli War Crimes in Gaza; "By the People: T...

By Sarah President Obama says that this is silly. The guest list was reviewed and approved by males and females alike on his staff. So everything is okay? I'm not so sure, but Lauren Taylor doesn't think that the problem lies with the President.

By Drew Westen Genuine leadership means setting the agenda. It means taking tough stands. Leadership is a quality Barack Obama showed on the campaign trail. It is a quality he has failed to show as president. It's been a year since that exhilarating night last year when we heard the news that Barack Obama wou...

By Glenn Greenwald Is there any doubt at this point that, as TalkingPointsMemo put it in a headline:  "Obama Mimics Bush on State Secrets"?  Or can anyone dispute what EFF's Kevin Bankston told ABC News after the latest filing from the Obama DOJ:

By Dan Vickrey Those who question the President now on issues of the Economy-War-Health Care and Gay Rights should look closely at his intent. To my eye it seems clear that this president is someone who has a to do list (like many of us do) and has prioritized everything on it and is checking away. Obama also s...

By Tracey Ricks Foster WEEKLY ADDRESS: President Obama Says Small Business Must be at the Forefront of the Recovery Remarks of President Barack Obama Weekly Address October 24, 2009 Washington, DC Thanks. WEEKLY ADDRESS: President Obama Says Small Business Must be at the Forefront of the Recovery   WASH

By Jeff Poor Recently in Newsweek magazine, Slate editor Jacob Weisberg argued the Fox News Channel was un-American, in the sense that it was patterned more after the British or Australian press and that it didn't follow the traditions of American journalism. But, as Krauthammer explained, the tac...

By Michael Eden 45% Of Doctors Would Consider Quitting If Congress Passes Health Care Overhaul • Four of nine doctors, or 45%, said they “would consider leaving their practice or taking an early retirement” if Congress passes the plan the Democratic majority and White House have in mind.

By budsimmons In 1998, two days after American cruise missiles hit a Qaeda training camp in an unsuccessful attempt to kill Mr. bin Laden, Mullah Omar telephoned an astonished State Department official, Michael E. Malinowski, who took the call on his porch at 2:30 a.m. Mullah Omar demanded proof that the Q...

By Farai Chideya But in addition to the health care wars, whose rhetoric is even bloodier than the floor of a triage ward, we now have individuals bringing weapons to presidential rallies and polls about whether the man in the Oval Office should be killed. So often we have asked the world to follow us... to follo...

By Jon-Paul Make no mistake about it people – there was a time in the history of the United States that when we engaged in something – come whatever may, we finished it. It may not have been the ‘coolest or safest’ way in political circles and every pundit known to humankind. However, the fact remains when w...

By Daniel Nasaw Barack Obama will address a prominent US gay advocacy group on Saturday, as gay and lesbian voters who backed him for president grow sceptical about his desire to push aggressively to expand their rights and curb discrimination. Obama is the second president to speak at the Human Rights C...

By Geoffrey Dickens RUSH LIMBAUGH: The world has rejected Obama! Chicago, the least number of votes. First elimination in the round of voting for the Olympics in 2016. Barack Hussein Obama mmm-mmm-mmm, Barack Hussein Obama mmm-mmm-mmm had been running around the world, for nine months, telling everybody h...

By budsimmons Sept. 19 (Bloomberg) — President Barack Obama said tougher financial regulations are needed worldwide to protect consumers, provide economic stability and prevent future crises. “Replacing your current health care with a government-run system is not the answer,” Myrick said.

By Patrick Wintour, Richard Norton-Taylor Britain will come under fresh pressure to send more troops to Afghanistan this month when General Stanley McChrystal, the Nato commander in the country, tells President Barack Obama that a further troop surge by the military alliance is necessary.

By halmasonberg But still, the birthers ask, why won’t President Obama release his original birth certificate and possibly bury the issue once and for all? According to the right-leaning World Net Daily: If Lolo Soetoro [Obama's step-father] adopted Obama

By Julian Borger, Luke Harding • Obama signs framework accord at Moscow summit The US and Russia today agreed a nuclear disarmament road map that would see them cut their arsenals by up to a third, in a preliminary agreement signed by Barack Obama during his Russia trip.

By Luke Harding Barack Obama is due to arrive in Moscow today for his first trip to Russia as US president amid dwindling hopes of a breakthrough deal on nuclear weapons. On Tuesday he will meet Vladimir Putin, Russia's prime minister and the man most people believe still runs the country. Obama described P...

By Mark Silva | Washington Bureau WASHINGTON — After banning and then publicizing the most controversial interrogation practices employed by the CIA, President Barack Obama called on the agency Monday to live up to its mission under new marching orders ...

By Reuters WASHINGTON, April 20 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama and his CIA chief buried differences on Monday over the release of classified documents on waterboarding, even as former Vice President Dick Cheney kept the debate alive. Obama visited CIA headquarters and told agency employe...

By Scott Whitlock Liberal "View" co-host Joy Behar appeared on Thursday's edition of "Good Morning America" to promote her new children's book "SheetzuCacaPoopoo," an allegory for Barack Obama's rise to power. According to Behar, the illustrated tale the book is really about the new President. She expl...

By By IAN AUSTEN As Barack Obama heads to Canada, environmentalists are encouraging the new administration to address pollution from Alberta's dirty oil sands.

By Carl Sferrazza Anthony Beyond their love and children, if it's not politics that binds the Obamas, there is a fluid mutual influence in their harkening a call to community service. It's already legendary how she first recognized Obama as different and gifted when she first witnessed his passion at a community m...

By nobody@flickr.com (Whipped Bakeshop) I created some new Obama cookies-- this time with edible replicas of an original watercolor painting that I made. My original watercolor was blue, but I used some computer magic to create the red version. The cookies themselves are made of gingerbread and I think it's my new favorite recipe...

In keeping with his campaign's use of the Internet to create a vast network and raise unprecedented sums of money, President-elect Barack Obama is using a website to usher his supporters through the transition: change.gov.

AP - Democratic statesmanly politician Barack Obama looked to garner up threesome flushed states on the test Sat of the campaign, patch politico Evangelist McCain defended party greensward before breaking to materialize on “Saturday Night Live.”

By LYNN SWEET blogs.suntimes.com/sweet DENVER -- John McCain's campaign released a wicked ad Sunday designed to divide and conquer sulking Hillary Clinton supporters by sticking it to Barack Obama for not tapping her to be his running mate, just as Obama's team is trying to patch everything up at the convention.

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By dwergs Mess with Messenger released a free set of 10 animated Barack Obama emoticons dubbed Obamaticons to support Senator Obama in his race for presidency. The pack also includes an (animated) Obama avatar. Instructions on how to add them to Messenger at Mess.be and Obamaticons.com.

By Justin McCarthy Does "Good Morning America" mean "good morning all you racists"? Co-host Chris Cuomo seemed to suggest that on December 20. (Hat tip: Howard Mortman) Upon interviewing presidential candidate Barack Obama Cuomo inquired about Obama’s biggest obstacles.