Barack Obama campaign



Sort by : relevance - date
+Vote!

Niles Illinois' Obama stimulus "campaign sign"

Yesterday I saw "Public Enemies," which about half of which was set set in Chicago. The J. Edgar Hoover character says early on in the film something along the lines of "there's a crime wave in America and Chicago is at it's center." The Barack Obama campaign also emerged from Chicago, and even though he won last fall, the campaign continues--as I've...

+Vote!

Barack Obama campaign claims two top prizes at Cannes Lion ad awards

By Mark Sweney, The Guardian Barack Obama election work hailed for mix of new media, community and TV advertising at Cannes Lions awards.

+Vote!

Obama promised no tax increases; Cap and Trade bill promises massive tax increases; Media silent.

Barack Obama campaigned on a promise of no taxes increases — of any kind — if he were elected President, provided you and your family earn less than $250,000 per year. He said it a thousand times. But the Cap and Trade bill he and liberal Democrats pushed through the House on Friday ( without reading it ) and are now pushing through the Senate will most definitely raise taxes...

+Vote!

obama campaign unleashes ad mocking mccainbush ties

stpaul minnesota sept3 the barack obama campaign has released a new tv ad that mocks john mccains ties to president george wbushthe 30second ad entitled quotsamequot shows a montage of mccain and bush in a tight embrace shaking hands and sharing laughsquotthey share the same outoftouch attitudethe same failure to understand the economyquot a narrator declaresquotthe same tax cuts...

+Vote!

Charles Krauthammer: "Obama's deeds vindicate Bush"

In 2008 Democrat Barack Obama campaigned against the war policies of President George W. Bush. Now that Obama is in the Oval Office, the leftwing of his Party wants him to follow through. In Charles Krauthammer's latest column , he notes the Democrat leftwingers are not happy, beginning the column with a May 21 New York Times quote from an "unnamed and dismayed human rights...

+Vote!

George Jonas: Hillary Clinton rewrites the Middle East's past

For Obama, “change” apparently includes altering what has already happened People who plan to change the future often take a practice run at the past. In 2008 Barack Obama campaigned on a platform of change. As it turned out, “change” for the charismatic candidate didn’t only mean altering what was to happen, but also what happened before. Writing...

+Vote!

RPOF failed to follow new voter-registration law

TALLAHASSEE -- Florida Republicans have been frantically trying to cut into the voter-registration lead Democrats have amassed thanks to the Barack Obama campaign. Maybe a little over-anxious, it turns out. The Republican Party of Florida hasn’t registered with the state...

+Vote!

Florida GOP ignores the voter-registration law it passed

Florida Republicans have been zealously trying to cut into the voter-registration lead Democrats have amassed, thanks to the Barack Obama campaign.

+Vote!

The Return of the Politics of Personal Destruction

During the Clinton years, Newt Gingrich and Ken Starr were household names vilified as Republican Torquemadas. During the Bush years, the Democrats turned the Republicans into the party of Trent Lott, Tom DeLay, Karl Rove, Dick Cheney, and Mark Foley. It was this type of politics that candidate Barack Obama campaigned to end. [...]

1Vote!

The Return of the Politics of Personal Destruction

During the Clinton years, Newt Gingrich and Ken Starr were household names vilified as Republican Torquemadas. During the Bush years, the Democrats turned the Republicans into the party of Trent Lott, Tom DeLay, Karl Rove, Dick Cheney, and Mark Foley. It was this type of politics that candidate Barack Obama campaigned to end. In fact, Obama was often quoted saying we need to get...

+Vote!

Sebelius vows to boost Indian health care

... to improve health care for American Indians, which she calls a "historic failure." President Barack Obama campaigned on Indian reservations during his Democratic primary last year and promised better health care there. His budget for 2010 includes an increase of $454 million, or about 13 percent, and the stimulus bill he signed earlier this year provided for construction and improvements...

+Vote!

AP INTERVIEW: Sebelius to boost Indian health care

... health facilities are in great shape, some are really in terrible shape," Sebelius said.President Barack Obama campaigned on Indian reservations during his Democratic primary last year and promised better health care there. His budget for 2010 includes an increase of $454 million, or about 13 percent, and the stimulus bill he signed earlier this year provided for construction and...

+Vote!

New tax possible on pricey coverage

... hundreds of billions of dollars over the next decade to help pay the $1 trillion or more the Obama administration has estimated is necessary under its plan to extend health care to millions of Americans who lack it. Cuts in projected Medicare and Medicaid spending are expected to make up much of the rest. Officials cautioned that details of the proposal could change in the days before Baucus...

+Vote!

Tax on health benefits may be delayed until 2013

... hundreds of billions of dollars over the next decade to help pay the $1 trillion or more the Obama administration has estimated is necessary under its plan to extend health care to millions of Americans who lack it. Cuts in projected Medicare and Medicaid spending are expected to make up much of the rest.Officials cautioned that details of the proposal could change in the days before Baucus...

+Vote!

Tax on health benefits in Senate bill may be delayed until 2013 to avoid political fallout

... hundreds of billions of dollars over the next decade to help pay the $1 trillion or more the Obama administration has estimated is necessary under its plan to extend health care to millions of Americans who lack it. Cuts in projected Medicare and Medicaid spending are expected to make up much of the rest.Officials cautioned that details of the proposal could change in the days before Baucus...