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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Clinton: 'Bridge over troubled waters'
The Swampby Mark Silva Bill Clinton says Barack Obama is "off to a good start.'' Clinton, who left his successor with a federal budget surplus, offers George W. Bush's successor high marks for winning a $787-billion economic stimulus one month in......Tags: Government, George Bush, NBC, Bill Clinton, National Government
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Denver pleased Obama is coming
The Swampby Mark Silva The Denver Post reports that Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter is happy about President Barack Obama returning to Denver, scene of the Democratic National Convention that nominated Obama for the presidency, to sign the $787-billion economic...Tags: Government, Executive Branch, Colorado, National Government, Denver
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Congress 'dysfunctional,' Bernstein says
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Your tax dollars as wall art
The Swampby Frank James Here's something I have to put in the why-didn't-I-know-about-this-before now? category. Graphic designer Jess Bachman has had a beautiful poster depicting the 2009 federal budget available for public consumption since last year. (He...Tags: Microsoft Corp., Government, George Bush, Internal Revenue Service, National Government
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Obama: Wheels-up from Chicago
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Obama's road-rally: Denver, Phoenix
The Swampby Peter Nicholas President Barack Obama is venturing out of the White House today for a Western swing that will see him sign into law the $787 billion stimulus package and roll out a plan meant to keep struggling families......Tags: Government, Foreclosures, Bankruptcy, John McCain, John McLaughlin
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Car czar without a crown: Auto-pilot
The Swampby Mark Silva So he's not a "car czar.'' Just Auto Otto. Or Truck Chuck. Whatever you want to call Ron Bloom, a key adviser to President Barack Obama's new automotive industry task force, he has a resume as big......Tags: Lawrence Summers, Government, Chrysler, Timothy Geithner, Lazard Limited
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Obama-anxiety: Liberal allies wondering
The Swampby Peter Wallsten Slowly over the past few weeks, some of President Barack Obama's most fervent supporters have come to an unhappy realization: The candidate who they thought was squarely on their side in policy fights is now a president......Tags: AFL-CIO, Economic Policy, United States, Wages and Pensions, Political Systems
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With deadline looming, GM, Chrysler race to complete plans to present to Obama administration
Associated Press WritersDETROIT (AP) — General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC, racing to finish restructuring plans to present to the federal government, are unlikely to complete deals with debtholders and union workers by the government-imposed deadline on Tuesday. Both...Tags: Timothy Geithner, Wages and Pensions, Bonds, Unions, Medical Services
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Obama's on the road again
President Barack Obama leaves the Beltway again this week, heading to Denver to sign the stimulus bill and visiting Phoenix to offer a plan meant to keep struggling families from losing their homes. PAGE 8 -
Larry David, Ron Howard and Miley Cyrus: All members of the Surnameless Club
This meeting of the Surnameless Club will now come to order. Membership, as the name implies, is limited to those people whose last name also is a common first name, plaguing their existence with a sadly generic quality, and creating the likelihood...Tags: United States, Larry Craig, Parliament, Upper House, Jesse James
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