Barack Obama was elected president on Nov. 4, 2008, becoming the first African-American to claim the highest office in the land, an improbable candidate fulfilling a once-impossible dream. Obama's Inauguration took place in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 20, 2009.
A nation that in living memory struggled violently over racial equality will have as its next president a 47-year-old, one-term U.S. senator born of a Kenyan father and Kansan mother. He is the first president elected from Chicago and the first to rise from a career in Illinois politics since Abraham Lincoln emerged from frontier obscurity to lead the nation through the Civil War and the abolition of slavery.
Obama's re...
A nation that in living memory struggled violently over racial equality will have as its next president a 47-year-old, one-term U.S. senator born of a Kenyan father and Kansan mother. He is the first president elected from Chicago and the first to rise from a career in Illinois politics since Abraham Lincoln emerged from frontier obscurity to lead the nation through the Civil War and the abolition of slavery.
Obama's re...
Barack Obama was elected president on Nov. 4, 2008, becoming the first African-American to claim the highest office in the land, an improbable candidate fulfilling a once-impossible dream. Obama's Inauguration took place in Washington, D.C. on Jan. 20, 2009.
A nation that in living memory struggled violently over racial equality will have as its next president a 47-year-old, one-term U.S. senator born of a Kenyan father and Kansan mother. He is the first president elected from Chicago and the first to rise from a career in Illinois politics since Abraham Lincoln emerged from frontier obscurity to lead the nation through the Civil War and the abolition of slavery.
Obama's resounding victory over Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) repudiates an unpopular incumbent and an ongoing war, shifts national leadership to a new generation and provides dramatic proof to the world of the American ideal of opportunity for all.
Obama was born Aug. 4, 1961, in Hawaii. He graduated from Columbia University in 1983 with a political science degree, and he entered Harvard Law School in 1988. Obama published an autobiography in 1995--"Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance". He was elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1996. In 2000, Obama ran for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, but lost to incumbent Bobby Rush.
In 2004, Obama won the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate. That summer, he delivered the keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. His opponent in the senate race was supposed to Jack Ryan. However, Ryan withdrew from the race amid sexual allegations by his ex-wife. Alan Keyes replaced Ryan on the ballot, and in the general election, Obama won easily, grabbing 70 percent of the vote.
A nation that in living memory struggled violently over racial equality will have as its next president a 47-year-old, one-term U.S. senator born of a Kenyan father and Kansan mother. He is the first president elected from Chicago and the first to rise from a career in Illinois politics since Abraham Lincoln emerged from frontier obscurity to lead the nation through the Civil War and the abolition of slavery.
Obama's resounding victory over Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) repudiates an unpopular incumbent and an ongoing war, shifts national leadership to a new generation and provides dramatic proof to the world of the American ideal of opportunity for all.
Obama was born Aug. 4, 1961, in Hawaii. He graduated from Columbia University in 1983 with a political science degree, and he entered Harvard Law School in 1988. Obama published an autobiography in 1995--"Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance". He was elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1996. In 2000, Obama ran for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, but lost to incumbent Bobby Rush.
In 2004, Obama won the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate. That summer, he delivered the keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. His opponent in the senate race was supposed to Jack Ryan. However, Ryan withdrew from the race amid sexual allegations by his ex-wife. Alan Keyes replaced Ryan on the ballot, and in the general election, Obama won easily, grabbing 70 percent of the vote.
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Sneak Peek: X Factor Star Rachel Crow's First Acting Job
Barack Obama better watch out, because The X Factor star Rachel Crow is getting into politics. And only we have the first look at Crow in all her red, white and blue adorableness... READ: X Factor Star Rachel Crow Wants to Work With Who?! The 14-year-...
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Alan Jackson Makes Progress
One of country music’s most respected artists is putting the finishing touches on a new album. Alan Jackson said this week that his next project, due out this fall, is almost complete. “We’re about finished it up. We’re doing...Tags: Zac Brown Band (music group), September 11, 2001 Attacks, Alan Jackson
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U.S. Attorney will not investigate Obama, Clinton petitions
South Bend Tribune Staff WriterSOUTH BEND -- The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Indiana will not investigate alleged fraud regarding the submission of petitions to place Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on the 2008 Indiana primary ballot, according to a press release issued...Tags: Prosecution, Voting, Corporate Crime, Crimes, Hillary Clinton
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Today's Buzz: Is Biden an asset for Obama?
Orlando Sentinel Editorial BoardDebate has picked up lately over whether Vice President Joe Biden is an asset for President Barack Obama as he runs for re-election. A Gallup poll showed slightly more Americans disapprove than approve of him. Biden embarrassed Obama this month when he...Tags: Same-Sex Marriage, Hillary Clinton, Politics, Elections, Joe Biden
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Legislation may enable states to offer universal healthcare
Universal coverage, Medicare for all, single payer — call it what you will. It's clear that conservative forces are determined to prevent such a system from ever being introduced at the national level. So it's up to the states.
The catch is that to...Tags: Finance, Medicare, Economy, Business and Finance, Republican Party, Health
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Lawrence Dettelis: Conservatives not the obstructionists Watson describes
How unfortunate that Robert Watson’s academic position affords him wide ranging opportunity to play a role in the education of our youth. While I disagree with Watson on many things, that is not the cause for my concern. The beauty of our nation...Tags: Pembroke Pines, Republican Party, Voting, Same-Sex Marriage, Civil Rights
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Blagojevich's brother not publicly bitter — but he's unsure how to restore his reputation
As U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald retires to accolades, Robert Blagojevich said he's still fighting to restore his reputation since federal prosecutors dropped charges against him in a sweeping corruption case involving his brother's administration.
"I...Tags: Executive Branch, Abraham Lincoln, Regional Authority, Chicago Tribune, Lawyers
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Fitzgerald succession pick is a political hot potato
Dick Durbin and Barack Obama have a political problem involving their choice of the next federal prosecutor in Chicago, now that U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald is leaving the office.
And it won't go away before the November elections.
There's been a...Tags: Dick Durbin, Executive Branch, Regional Authority, Parties and Movements, Car Guides and Reviews
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Obama urges Congress to extend clean-energy tax credits
NEWTON, Iowa — From a wind-power factory in this battleground state, President Obama urged Congress to extend tax credits he said would save jobs in the field of clean-energy production.
Obama said continuing the production tax credit would save...Tags: Credit and Debt, Solar Energy, Taxation, Executive Branch, Parties and Movements
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Kingsley Guy: Democrats' spending leading U.S. to disaster
If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results, then the folks with the white coats need to pay visits to the offices of President Barack Obama, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House...Tags: Finance, Medicare, Economy, Business and Finance, Harry Reid, Ronald Reagan
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Poll shows Connie Mack with big lead in U.S. Senate primary
A Quinnipiac poll released Thursday gives U.S. Rep. Connie Mack IV, R-Fort Myers, a wide lead in a U.S. Senate matchup against former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux and tea party candidate Mike McCalister.
If the Republican primary were today, Mack would...Tags: Quinnipiac University, Trayvon Martin, Executive Branch, Regional Authority, Parties and Movements
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McConnell Intelligence Complex to be named after Gates
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsThe Kansas National Guard’s 184th Intelligence Wing will dedicate its Intelligence Complex to the former U.S. Secretary of Defense Dr. Robert M. Gates. “Because of the experience gained by more than 40 years of service to this nation, Dr....Tags: Robert Gates, Central Intelligence Agency, Sam Brownback, George Bush
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