Obama Kicks Off Florida Bus Tour
JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images(ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.) — Mocking his opponents’ economic agenda, President Obama says Republicans are pushing tax cuts as the prescription to cure the ailing economy, “help you lose a few extra pounds,” and even “help your l…
Obama Tours Storm-Ravaged Louisiana Parish
MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images(NEW ORLEANS) — Taking a detour from his campaign battleground tour, President Obama on Monday surveyed a Louisiana neighborhood hit hard by the floods of Hurricane Isaac, reassuring victims of federal recovery aid and hail…
Obama Reports 3.1M Donors, Tops ’08
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza(WASHINGTON) — President Obama has amassed a donor base of 3.1 million Americans in his bid for a second term, surpassing his total from four years ago, Obama campaign officials announced on Monday.An infographi…
Obama Reports 3.1M Donors, Tops ’08
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza(WASHINGTON) — President Obama has amassed a donor base of 3.1 million Americans in his bid for a second term, surpassing his total from four years ago, Obama campaign officials announced on Monday.An infographi…
Obama Takes Credit for Ohio’s Economic Recovery
MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images(TOLEDO, Ohio) — President Obama marked Labor Day in Ohio by claiming credit for the state’s resurgent economy and panning his rivals’ economic “playbook.”Obama told the UAW Labor Day Celebration tha…
Obama Takes Credit for Ohio’s Economic Recovery
MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images(TOLEDO, Ohio) — President Obama marked Labor Day in Ohio by claiming credit for the state’s resurgent economy and panning his rivals’ economic “playbook.”Obama told the UAW Labor Day Celebration tha…
White House Unveils Obama Beer Recipes
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza(WASHINGTON) — Ever since word got out that President Obama was brewing his own beer in the White House, people have been clamoring for a taste and the recipe. Now the secret is out. Und…
With President Obama Visit, Fort Bliss Troops Talk Suicide Prevention
JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images(FORT BLISS, Texas) — Campaign politicking aside, President Obama’s visit to Fort Bliss on Friday was about casting a spotlight on the increasingly deadly double-enemy of American soldiers: mental illness and suicide.O…
University of Virginia Declines to Host Obama Campaign Rally
JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The University of Virginia has declined a request to host President Obama for a campaign rally next week, complicating his planned tour of swing-state college campuses to court younger voters.The school cited …
Obama Campaign Uses Romney ‘Birther’ Joke to Raise Funds
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza(CHICAGO) — The Obama campaign pounced on comments made by presumptive GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Commerce, Mich., Friday, in which he seemed to joke about the suggestion that President Obama wasn…
Republicans Mock Obama for Softball Interviews
Official White House Photo by Pete Souza(WASHINGTON) — Republicans are taking President Obama to task for evading public questioning by the White House press corps for more than eight weeks, while instead granting a series of interviews to entertainme…
Half of Americans Do Not Know the President’s Religion
MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Three and a half years into President Obama’s first term as president, half of Americans cannot accurately say what religion he is, according to a poll released this week.Only 49 percent of respondents …
Unemployment Climbs in Six Swing States
William Thomas Cain/Bill Pugliano/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Although Barack Obama and Mitt Romney paused their campaigning on Friday to address the Colorado tragedy, the Wall Street Journal reported six battleground states for the election had a rise i…
Anti-Obama Group Raising Money Off Events Related to Colorado Shooting Retracted
Bill Clark/Roll Call (NEW YORK) — Less than 24 hours after a shooting at a Colorado movie theater claimed the lives of 12 people and injured dozens more, a conservative political action committee sent supporters an email using coverage of the event to…
Romney and Obama Fight for Hispanic Vote
William Thomas Cain/Bill Pugliano/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama are battling for the Hispanic vote and taking that fight to the airwaves. A few hours after the Romney campaign released a new Spanish language ad, the pro-…
Senate Democrats Block Vote on Obama’s Tax Plan
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Senate Democrats Wednesday blocked a vote on President Obama’s own tax plan. On Monday, the president called on Congress to pass an extension of the “Bush tax cuts” for middle-income earners while…
Obama Says Hugo Chavez Not ‘Serious Threat,’ Rubio Pounces
Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast late Tuesday that Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez — a leftist dictator who flaunts close ties with Iran and has become a bugbear for American conservat…
Obama Ad: Women Are ‘Troubled’ by Romney’s Abortion Stance
JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — A new Obama campaign TV ad in eight battleground states targets women voters, suggesting they should be “troubled” by Mitt Romney’s position on abortion rights.“Every woman who believes…
Obama Ad Calls Romney ‘the Problem’ With Job Losses to China
SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Undeterred by independent fact checkers that have debunked the thrust of their claims, the Obama campaign is redoubling attacks on Mitt Romney as an “outsourcer” in a new TV ad airing in eight battl…
Obama Recalls Humble Childhood Vacations
Official White House Photo(PITTSBURGH, Pa.) — With Mitt Romney spending the week at his multi-million-dollar Lake Winnipesaukee vacation manse, President Obama reminisced about his humbler family vacations as a child – part of his attempt to bet…