President Obama boards Air Force One at Stockholm-Arlanda International Airport in Sweden en route to Saint Petersburg to attend the G20 summit
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13
Homage
President Obama visits the prison cell at Robben Island where Nelson Mandela spent 18 years of his imprisonment
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Rise and Shine
President Obama boards Air Force One at Des Moines International Airport en route to Washington DC, May 24
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Morning everyone, back in a while đ
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westbound
President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama wave as they board Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base en route to San Diego
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A Veterans Day gift …. bringing the troops home:
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07
Nov
11
afternoon all
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TPM: President Obama and the Democrats have succeeded at convincing voters that Republicans are trying to delay economic recovery, according to a series of recent polls.
The new data suggests that about half the country, including a majority of self-identified independents, believe that congressional Republicans are using their political power to thwart Obamaâs efforts to reduce unemployment, presenting Democrats an opportunity to make this argument more explicitly as the 2012 campaign moves forward – to undercut Republicansâ claims that Obama and the Dems bear full responsibility for the economy, and to make their pattern of obstruction a real liability for them.
More here
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WH: âŚ. On Monday morning, the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities released a new report based on the Census Bureauâs new data which found that provisions passed as part of the Recovery Act directly lifted nearly 7 million Americans out of poverty in 2010 and reduced poverty for 32 million more. This is on top of 6 million people lifted out of poverty by these policies in 2009. And these numbers are conservative estimates that do not reflect the indirect benefits from the jobs created through these policies.
In contrast to this approach, Republicans in Congress opposed all of these measures and passed a budget that would both cut back on many of these programs and also convert them into block grants, which would prevent them from automatically expanding in hard times. Had we followed that path, many more Americans would be in poverty today.
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Steve Benen: The new national Gallup poll shows where the race for the Republican presidential nomination currently stands.
1. Mitt Romney: 21% (up one point from October)
1. Herman Cain: 21% (up three points)
3. Newt Gingrich: 12% (up five points)
4. Rick Perry: 11% (down four points)
5. Ron Paul: 8% (no change)
6. Michele Bachmann: 3% (down two points)
7. Rick Santorum: 2% (down one point)
8. Jon Huntsman: 1% (down one point)
The development that will get the headlines, obviously, is the fact that Cain has caught up to Romney at the national level, and Gingrichâs recent bump thatâs pushed Perry to fourth place.
But what I still find remarkable is Romneyâs inability to put some distance between himself and the rest of the Republican field ⌠Heâs running against misfits, clowns, and con men, and Romneyâs still stuck at 21%.
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Reuters: President Barack Obama’s fortunes are improving slightly, although he would face a tough struggle for re-election next year if Mitt Romney were the Republican nominee, a Reuters/Ipsos poll said on Friday.
Forty-nine percent of Americans approve of the way Obama is handling his job as president, up from 47 percent in an October poll.
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President Obama meets with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen at the White House, November 7
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Steve Benen: âŚ. Iâm not in a position to evaluate the merit of the claims against Cain. I would note, however, that (a) the number of accusers matters; (b) it seems unlikely all four are part of a coordinated, 15-year campaign organized by the media, liberals, racists, the D.C. establishment, and Rick Perry.
More here
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President Obama visits a wounded warrior for a Purple Heart presentation at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Oct. 10. (Pete Souza)
Added to the schedule:
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Coming up:
Today: The President will meet with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.
Tomorrow: The President will travel to Philadelphia
Wednesday: The President will deliver remarks at the National Womenâs Law Centerâs Annual Awards dinner.
Thursday: The President will attend meetings at the White House.
Friday: The President and the First Lady will host a breakfast with veterans at the White House.
After, the President will visit Arlington National Cemetery to participate in a wreath-laying ceremony and deliver remarks; the First Lady will also attend.
Later, the President and the First Lady will travel to San Diego, California for the Carrier Classic and Honolulu, Hawaii for the start of the APEC Summit. The President and the First Lady will spend the weekend in Honolulu, Hawaii at the APEC Summit.
(Thanks Jovie)
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ABC: âŚ. Over the past six months, the Obama campaignâs state-level operations have blossomed, re-commissioning offices and volunteer networks kept warm by Organizing for America since 2008 while adding new outreach centers to help raise the presidentâs profile on the ground.
Obama now has campaign offices in all 50 states, opening on average three new field offices each week, said campaign manager Jim Messina. State volunteers threw open the doors to dozens more over the weekend, from Michigan to New Hampshire, in a coordinated push exactly one year to Election Day.
⌠Filling the new offices around the country is an army of paid staff and strategists, including social media experts to corral what have become an army of volunteers â more than 1 million nationwide.
Obama for America nearly doubled the size of its staff on payroll over the summer, growing from 168 employees in July to 327 as of Sept. 30, according to the campaignâs third quarter financial report.
But perhaps more important than boots on the ground will be campaign cash Obama will use to put ads on the air. The president has raised more than $88 million for his re-election through September, slightly ahead of the record-setting pace he set four years ago and quadruple the cash-on-hand of Republican frontrunner Mitt Romney.
On Sunday, Obamaâs surrogates fanned out across the states to keep that fundraising apace, holding events in eight major cities to gather cash on the one-year milestone before the election.
Full article here
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Touring the Martin Luther King Memorial in Washington, D.C., Oct. 14
Detroit Wayne Metropolitan Airport in Romulus, Mich., Oct. 14
Backstage before an event at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colo., Oct. 25
Guinness Book of World Records holder John Cassidy performs a balloon act for First Lady Michelle Obama in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, Oct. 11
More new photos here
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Nov
11
night all
Thanks for a great day everyone, see you tomorrow đ
And tomorrow …. the third anniversary:
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11
morning ….
President Obama and first Lady Michelle Obama leave the White House en route to New York to take part in the memorial service at ground zero
Marine One helicopter, with President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama on board, prepares to land at the Wall Street landing zone in New York
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Aug
11
okay, i’ve been cruel….
GOVCHRIS1988 finished me off: “Please tell me the page changed, or else I am going to the eye doctor first thing in the morning because Iâm colorblind.”
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Confession: I have been playing around with the banner, too much time on my hands – hang in there, I’ll stop playing soon!
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This is tricky – and way more important – than the debt limit negotiations.
Red is winning – which is a shock on a Dem site. đŻ
But when I wake up in the morning I’ll bow to the majority – democracy rules!
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Okay, it’s back to red we go!
Will play around with it again later today, I just have to find change we can all believe in!
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