
ABC News</td><td class="j">
Politics Daily
As Newt Gingrich dithered over whether to announce that he might start to raise money to possibly explore a White House bid and Mike Huckabee made strange references to President Barack Obama's "Kenyan" childhood, Barbour was putting down markers on ...
Gov. Haley Barbour talks about his weight, presidential ambitions<nobr>USA Today</nobr>
Barbour says Obama cheers for higher gas prices<nobr>The Associated Press</nobr>
Barbour accuses Obama of driving up energy prices sound familiar?<nobr>CNN (blog)</nobr>
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Bloomberg
Congressional Democrats are pressing the White House to take a more active stance against Republicans in high-stakes budget negotiations, concerned that President Barack Obama is ceding ground on ...
White House to Broker Budget Talks<nobr>Wall Street Journal</nobr>
Obama signs stopgap funding bill<nobr>UPI.com</nobr>
Government Shutdown Averted (For Now)<nobr>Huffington Post</nobr>
<nobr>NY1</nobr> -<nobr>MiamiHerald.com</nobr> -<nobr>Reuters</nobr>
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Boston Globe</td><td class="j">
CNN International
(CNN) -- Mexican President Felipe Calderon travels to Washington on Thursday to meet with President Barack Obama, US House Speaker John Boehner and others during a two-day visit likely to include discussions on organized crime, immigration and commerce ...
Obama urged to pressure Mexico on abuses by security forces<nobr>Fox News</nobr>
Obama to discuss armed US agents in Mexico<nobr>AFP</nobr>
Obama and Caldern Meet To Discuss Immigration and Drugs<nobr>Gather.com</nobr>
<nobr>CRIENGLISH.com</nobr> -<nobr>89.3 KPCC</nobr> -<nobr>Brookings Institution</nobr>
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Salon
In his new book and in two media appearances this week, Mike Huckabee has argued that Barack Obama's behavior as president can be partly explained by his views of British colonial history in Kenya, where Obama's father and grandfather ...
Barack Obama 'grew up in Kenya' says Republican presidential hopeful<nobr>Telegraph.co.uk</nobr>
Former Gov. Mike Huckabee 'Misspoke' About Obama and Kenya<nobr>ColorLines magazine</nobr>
Media Veterans: Huckabee's Obama Kenya Remark Undermines His Credibility<nobr>Media Matters for America (blog)</nobr>
<nobr>Los Angeles Times</nobr> -<nobr>The Associated Press</nobr> -<nobr>The Week Magazine</nobr>
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Independent Online
US President Barack Obama holds the hand of musician and record producer Quincy Jones after presenting him with the 2010 National Medal of Arts during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Washington - Singer James Taylor, ...
Streep, James Taylor among cultural medalists<nobr>The Associated Press</nobr>
Sonny Rollins, Quincy Jones Receive National Medal Of Arts<nobr>NPR (blog)</nobr>
Harper Lee honored by Obama; 30 arrested in drug investigation; more news<nobr>al.com (blog)</nobr>
<nobr>WNYC</nobr> -<nobr>WLNE-TV (ABC6)</nobr> -<nobr>Louisville Courier-Journal</nobr>
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Trivia
Trivia
- His first name comes from the word that means "blessed by God" in Arabic.
- Has a beer named after him in the Kenyan town where his father was born.
- U.S. Senator from Illinois (2005- ).
- 2006: Won a Grammy for Best Spoken Word for the CD version of his autobiography "Dreams From My Father"
Run for the House
Run for the House
This is a summary of Barack's candidate run so far, it's provided as backdrop by wikipedia.
In February 2007, standing before the Old State Capitol building in Springfield, Illinois, Obama announced his candidacy for the 2008 U.S. presidential election.[4] Describing his working life in Illinois, and symbolically linking the event to Abraham Lincoln's 1858 House Divided speech, he said: "That is why, in the shadow of the Old State Capitol, where Lincoln once called on a house divided to stand together, where common hopes and common dreams still live, I stand before you today to announce my candidacy for President of the United States of America."[100]
The announcement followed months of speculation on whether Obama would run in 2008. Speculation intensified in October 2006 when Obama first said he had "thought about the possibility" of running for president, departing from earlier statements that he intended to serve out his six-year Senate term through 2010.[101]opinion polling organizations added his name to surveyed lists of Democratic candidates. The first such poll, taken in November 2006, ranked Obama in second place with 17% support among Democrats after Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) who placed first with 28% of the responses.[102] Following Obama's statement,
Through the fall of 2006, Obama had spoken at political events across the country in support of Democratic candidates for the midterm elections. In September 2006, he was the featured speaker at Iowa Senator Tom Harkin's annual steak fry, an event traditionally attended by presidential hopefuls in the lead-up to the Iowa caucus.[103] In December 2006, Obama spoke at a New Hampshire event celebrating Democratic Party midterm election victories in the first-in-the-nation U.S. presidential primary state.[104][105] Addressing a meeting of the Democratic National Committee one week before announcing his candidacy, Obama called on Democrats to steer clear of negative campaigning, saying: "This can't be about who digs up more skeletons on who, who makes the fewest slip-ups on the campaign trail. We owe it to the American people to do more than that."[106]
Obama's campaign reported raising US$25.8 million between January 1 and March 31 of 2007. The donations came from 104,000 individual donors, with US$6.9 million raised through the Internet from 50,000 of the donors.[107] US$24.8 million of Obama's first quarter funds can be used in the primaries, the highest of any 2008 presidential candidate.[108] In early May 2007, the U.S. Secret Service announced that Obama had been placed under their protection. The protection was not in response to any specific threat, but the campaign had received "hate mail, calls and other 'threatening materials'" in the past, and officials felt that the large crowds and increased campaign activity warranted the order.[109]
Tracking a candidate
Tracking a candidate
I'm tracking Obama on his trail to the White House. While I like the fellow I want this to be an independent site - not run by a campaign manager or anyone else, for that matter, that's got a stake in the outcome.This site will automatically update for any Barack News so drop by anytime, or just subscribe and you'll know when we do.
So, comments, suggestions for videos, recent speeches, it's all good, and I'll do my best to get them up. I'll also post all new feeds that will keep this current.
Anyone want to help? Just leave me a comment and we can collaborate.
Aaron
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