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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David & Susan Axelrod's war on epilepsy
The Swampby John McCormick Susan Axelrod does not like that her husband is rarely home to enjoy their high-rise condominium along Chicago's lakefront, that he is constantly tired or that strangers now approach them almost everywhere they go. Still, there are......Tags: Epilepsy, The White House, Stevie Wonder
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Obama's commencements: Tradition
The Swampby Mark Silva It's getting to be that time of year. And presidents have follwed a certain tradition at this time of year: Sending off the graduates of one public school, one private school and one service academy. President Barack......Tags: National Government, Schools, The White House, United States Naval Academy, Government
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Clinton's Final-Four call: 'Tight as a tick'
The Swampby Mark Silva We know President Barack Obama's picks for the Final Four of the NCAA men's basketball tournament. And now we know President Bill Clinton's picks - sort of. Clinton, appearing today on XM/Sirius Radio's 60/20 Sports hosted by......Tags: Washington Nationals, National Government, Bill Clinton, Basketball, NBC
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Michelle Obama's garden: 'Three sisters'
The Swampby Rebecca Cole The White House South Lawn was set for a picnic this morning. And although baskets of apples and carafes of cider held down the checkered blue-and-white tablecloths flapping in the breeze, the rest of the fixins' would......Tags: Michelle Obama, Ankles, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, The White House, Human Body
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Special Olympics bowler trash talks Obama
The Swampby Frank James It was only a matter of time before a Special Olympics bowler stepped up to trash talk President Barack Obama. TMZ.com is reporting that a bowler by the name of Kolan McConiughey of Michigan has bowled three......Tags: Bowling, National Government, Multi-Sport Events, The White House, Jay Leno
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Schwarzenegger backs Obama spending
The Swampby Rebecca Cole In his Terminator movies, California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's former character flew solo when he went after his enemies. Now, however, faced with a skyrocketing unemployment rate of 10.5 percent and four decades of ignoring California'...Tags: National Government, Michael Bloomberg, Regional Authority, Pennsylvania, Republican Party
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Obama's Persian New Year note to Iran
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama, a Christian, hopes to make amends with a Muslim world that has taken offense at many of the actions of the past administration. As president, he promises to deliver an address to the Islamic......Tags: National Government, Holidays, United States, Heads of State, The White House
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Obama's Special Olympics joke mars Leno appearance
The Swampby Frank James Let's agree from the outset that political correctness for the sake of political correctness can be a real bore. So I write this with some trepidation. But I don't think it's being politically correct to say it......Tags: Bowling, National Government, Multi-Sport Events, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, The White House
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Obama: Bonus tax 'a strong signal'
The Swampby Mark Silva President Barack Obama praised the House's action on a bill aimed at recouping the bonuses that AIG paid executives after collecting billions in federal bailout funds. "Today's vote rightly reflects the outrage that so many feel over......Tags: National Government, American International Group, State Budgets, The White House, Upper House
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Obama's Special Olympic apology: Shriver
The Swampby Mark Silva and updated President Barack Obama has delivered a personal apology to the Special Olympics for his off-handed remark about his own bad bowling on the Tonight Show. The president telephoned the chairman of the Special Olympics after......Tags: Edward M. Kennedy, National Government, Armed Forces, Multi-Sport Events, Defense
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Sarah Palin rejects stimulus, DNC scoffs
The Swampby Mark Silva Add Alaska's Gov. Sarah Palin to the ranks of Republican governors saying thanks, but no thanks, to some of that economic stimulus bounty. The governor, who was the Republican Party's 2008 vice presidential nominee, said today that......Tags: Florida, Regional Authority, Alaska, Republican Party, Arnold Schwarzenegger
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Obama budget means bigger deficits: CBO
The Swampby Frank James President Barack Obama's ambitious agenda to make major investments in healthcare, education and energy was imperiled by a new estimate by Congress's budget experts who suggested that the president's $3.6 trillion budget and its new...Tags: National Government, Ohio, Evan Bayh, Budgets and Budgeting, The White House
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