na, that guy’ll never make it

An interview with Joe Green, September 1999

Highlights from Barack Obama’s March 2000 appearance on WTTW’s Chicago Tonight, during his unsuccessful primary challenge to Rep. Bobby Rush.

top chef

CBS, 60 Minutes – February, 2007

food for thought

In this 2001 “lost episode” of Check, Please!, then state senator Barack Obama reviewed Dixie Kitchen and Bait Shop in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago.

(Another Donna link – thank you!)

open book

A young Barack Obama discusses his memoir “Dreams from My Father” in this 1995 interview.

(Thanks for the link Donna)

fond farewell

President Barack Obama hugs and thanks Christy Romer, the departing Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers, following a conversation in the Cross Hall of the White House, Sept. 2, 2010. Romer is leaving her post to return to the University of California, Berkeley. Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett is at right. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)

“no quick fix”

President Obama comments on the release of employment figures for August, noting that while the private sector created 67,000 new jobs last month, his Administration continues to make the economy and employment its top priority. September 3, 2010.

meet the robinsons

CBS, March 2009

meeting and greeting

Oslo, 2009

YouTube link

on call

President Barack Obama talks with Federal Emergency Management Agency Administrator Craig Fugate about preparations for Hurricane Earl during a phone call in the Oval Office, Sept. 2, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

old school