President Barack Obama talks to an estimated 14,000 people at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, on Saturday. By NBC News and msnbc.com news services COLUMBUS, Ohio — With his wife at his side and Air Force One as a campaign plane, President Barack Obama was holding his first political rallies of the 2012 presidential race on Saturday — targeting two swing states, Ohio and Virginia, that could be critical to his bid to retain the White House.
As the saying goes about political parties and their candidates: Democrats fall in love and Republicans fall in line. And that is exactly what Republicans are doing, or trying to do. Related Topics: election 2012, Mitt RomneyRECOMMENDED ARTICLES With the presidential race now having entered the general election phase in earnest, Congress is taking a larger role in it — and not just via surrogates for the candidates.Proposed legislation is providing President Obama with…
In this 1984 file photo, President Ronald Reagan addresses a session with House Republicans in Washington on Capitol Hill, appealing for support of a three-year $150 billion deficit reduction plan. Next to the podium are Vice President George Bush and Rep.
Imagine that you called a carpenter to come repair your deck, and after looking at the rotted timbers and split rails, he said, “Well, I can fix this deck. But the one thing I’m not going to do is come over here and engage in a bunch of carpentry. That would be wrong.” You’d probably suspect that the carpenter was insane. Yet politicians and their campaign advisers–people for whom politics is a profession no less than carpentry is the carpenter’s ...
Genevieve Cook, a former girlfriend of President Obama, tells of her college relationship with him and describes his “sexual warmth.” Despite the focus in recent days on matters of national security, both supporters of President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger, Mitt Romney, tend to concur that November’s contest is likely to hinge on the economy. At a speech meant to pivot his campaign from the primary season to the general election, Romney stated on April 24, “It’s still about ...
Barack Obama transferred from Occidental College to Columbia University in 1981, his junior year. Although he left Los Angeles with enough ambitious propulsion to carry him into a more active period, he instead receded into the most existentialist stretch of his life. As he put it himself decades later during an interview in the Oval Office, “I was leading a very ascetic existence, way too serious for my own good.” In most outward ways, compared with what had come before, ...
By Tom Curry, msnbc.com National Affairs Writer One remarkable aspect of the 2008 Obama campaign was its success in carrying rural counties in battleground says such as Colorado and Iowa, the same counties which Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry had lost four years earlier. Whether Obama’s field organizers can repeat their 2008 success with rural voters this year depends on both symbolism and substance. Political analyst Charlie Cook stated last week on MSNBC that this year Obama has a problem ...
The bin Laden political football … Romney states even Jimmy Carter would have made the call. Reminder: Carter did, and it doomed his presidency. … Romney disagreed with Obama in 2007 … Dems drive a message for another week … ‘Swiss Bank Accounts’ … Mitt Romney, a “wild and crazy man” … The war over women continues on Capitol Hill…. Rubio admits mistake with using party charge card … Another Veep tryout – Bob McDonnell Thursday…. Is it over in ...
It was not just U.S. Democratic voters who were looking forward to “hope and change” when Barack Obama became the 44th U.S. president. Around the world, many anticipated the United States would behave very differently under the new leader. They wanted to hear less about Americans swaggering and throwing their weight around. Some, perhaps, wanted more speak of U.S.-style freedom and democracy, but not if it meant Washington imposing its will. Related Topics: Obama administration
DUE TO TECHNICAL ERROR, FIRST THOUGHTS WAS LATE PUBLISHING. The bin Laden killing, one year later – how quickly things change … Republicans cry foul that Obama campaign is using the death as a re-election weapon … Foreign policy vs. the economy (it’s still the economy) … Is Obama the Warrior in Chief? … Another veep tryout – this time it’s Romney with New Hampshire Sen. Kelly Ayotte. … Gingrich to drop out Wednesday. By From NBC’s Chuck Todd, Mark ...