Posts Tagged ‘Barack Obama’

Rep. Allen West says: Obama May Lose African American Votes Over Homosexual Marriage Support

Friday, May 11th, 2012

hcsp.jpgSome African Americans will think twice about voting for President Obama in November after he declared his support for gay marriage, according to Republican Rep. Allen West of Florida.
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USA Today Gallup Poll says It’s a Tie Right Now Between Obama and Romney

Monday, May 7th, 2012

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Six months out, it’s a tie.
The first USA TODAY/Gallup Swing States Poll since the GOP settled on a presumptive nominee shows big challenges for each side: Mitt Romney in generating enthusiasm and a personal connection with his supporters, and Barack Obama in convincing Americans he should be trusted to manage a fragile economy.

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Religion and Race at Play in 2012 U.S. Presidential Elections

Saturday, May 5th, 2012

4798Only a few years ago it would seem strange that the United States presidential election would pair off a candidate fathered by an African against another condemned as un-Christian.

FILE – This combination of 2012 file photos shows U.S. President Barack Obama, left, and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney in Boulder, Colo. and Cape Canaveral, Fla. How unthinkable it was, not so long ago, that a presidential election would pit a candidate fathered by an African against another condemned as un-Christian. And yet, here it is: Barack Obama vs. Mitt Romney, an African-American and a white Mormon, representatives of two groups and that have endured oppression to carve out a place in the United States. How much progress has America made against bigotry? (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, Charles Dharapak)

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Obama Faces Tougher Job Wooing Younger Voters

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

Once thought to be solidly behind President Barack Obama, younger voters burdened by a bleak employment picture, high gas prices and student loan debt are being aggressively wooed by the Democrat and his likely Republican challenger, Mitt Romney.
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More Secret Service Agents Booted; Obama Briefed

Saturday, April 21st, 2012

4798Three more Secret Service officers resigned Friday in the expanding prostitution scandal that has brought scorching criticism of agents’ behavior in Colombia just before President Barack Obama’s visit for a summit meeting last week. Agency Director Mark Sullivan came to the White House late Friday to personally brief Obama in the Oval Office.
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Obamas Release Their 2011 Taxes

Saturday, April 14th, 2012

hcsp.jpg Pressuring Mitt Romney on taxes, President Barack Obama’s campaign re-released more than a decade of tax records Friday, a political maneuver designed to pressure the Republican presidential candidate to divulge tax records beyond two years and to stop “hiding” details of his huge personal wealth.
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Obama Defends Healthcare Bills; says Law is ‘Constitutional’

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012

hcsp.jpgPresident Barack Obama weighed in Monday on last week’s Supreme Court arguments about health care reform, saying he expected the justices to rule the act is constitutional.
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Pickup in Economy Is Helping Obama’s Bid for Re-election

Monday, March 12th, 2012

hcsp.jpgPresident Obama’s re-election prospects are getting a boost from the plunging unemployment rate and the pickup in the economy and financial markets this year, economic and political analysts say.

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Obama ‘Putting Colleges on Notice’ on High Tuition

Saturday, January 28th, 2012

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President Barack Obama fired a warning at the nation’s colleges and universities on Friday, threatening to strip their federal aid if they “jack up tuition” every year and to give the money instead to schools showing restraint and value.

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Will Hollywood’s Black Elite Get Behind Obama for a Second Term?

Tuesday, January 24th, 2012

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When Mattie Lawson’s husband, Michael, suggested in 2003 that they consider hosting a political fundraiser at their lavish Los Angeles estate for a new up-and-comer in the field, she immediately said no.

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