Erin+McCabe

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 * 1) 1. Is the 2012 democrat candidate
 * 2) 2. Current president
 * 3) 3. Became president in 2008
 * 4) 4. Had to wear a war chest that was never seen before
 * 5) 5. Is 50 yrs old
 * 6) 6. Questioned on the dental health care plan
 * 7) 7. Rising unemployment rates
 * 8) 8. His opinion on TARP
 * 9) 9. Supporters believe that Obama is just cleaning up the mess of candidates before him
 * 10) 10. Captured and killed Osama bin Laden
 * 11) 11. Created more jobs in 2 years then Bush did in eight years
 * 12) 12. Most people wonder if Obama s capable of charting his own course and holding the country to it
 * 1) 1. People love that he is bringing home troops
 * 2) 2. People want him because he is going to bring jobs back
 * 3) 3. Every state is involved with supporting him
 * 4) <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Britannic Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">4. People claim that he has changed their lives
 * 5) <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Britannic Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">5. Has president fundraisers are even with 40 miles of Jefferson
 * 6) <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Britannic Bold','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">6. Has volunteers helping him with his campaign
 * 1) <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 13px;">1. 44th President
 * 2) <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 13px;">2. His story is the American story
 * 3) <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 13px;">3. values from the heartland
 * 4) <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 13px;">4. a middle-class upbringing in a strong family
 * 5) <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 13px;">5. hard work and education as the means of getting ahead
 * 6) <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 13px;">6. conviction that a life so blessed should be lived in service to others
 * 7) <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 13px;">7. father from Kenya
 * 8) <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 13px;">8. mother from Kansas
 * 9) <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 13px;">9. born in Hawaii on August 4, 1961
 * 10) <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 13px;">10. raised with help from his grandfather and grandmother
 * 11) <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 13px;">11. After working his way through college with the help of scholarships and student loans
 * 12) <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 13px;">12. worked with a group of churches to help rebuild communities devastated by the closure of local steel plants
 * 13) <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 13px;">13. attend law school
 * 14) <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 13px;">14. became the first African-American president of the Harvard Law Review
 * 15) <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 13px;">15. help lead a voter registration drive upon graduation
 * 16) <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 13px;">16. teach constitutional law at the University of Chicago
 * 17) <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 13px;">17. years of public service are based around his unwavering belief in the ability to unite people around a politics of purpose
 * 18) <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 13px;">18. Illinois State Senate, he passed the first major ethics reform in 25 years
 * 19) <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 13px;">19. cut taxes for working families
 * 20) <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 13px;">20. expanded health care for children and their parents
 * 21) <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 13px;">21. As a United States Senator, he reached across the aisle to pass groundbreaking lobbying reform
 * 22) <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 13px;">22. lock up the world's most dangerous weapons
 * 23) <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 13px;">23. bring transparency to government by putting federal spending online
 * 24) <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 13px;">24. electedon November 4, 2008
 * 25) <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 13px;">25. sworn in on January 20, 2009
 * 26) <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 13px;">26. two daughters, Malia, 13, and Sasha, 10
 * 27) <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 13px;">27. is a democrat
 * 28) <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 13px;">28. white house has a Facebook
 * 29) <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 13px;">29. white house has a twitter
 * 30) <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 13px;">30. Joe Biden is his VP
 * 31) <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 13px;">31. Born November 20, 1942 in Scranton, Pennsylvania
 * 32) <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 13px;">32. graduated from the University of Delaware and Syracuse Law School
 * 33) <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 13px;">33. served on the New Castle County Council
 * 34) <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 13px;">34. at age 29, he became one of the youngest people ever elected to the United States Senate
 * 35) <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 13px;">35. weeks after the election Biden's wife and 1-year old daughter were killed and their two young sons critically injured in an auto accident
 * 36) <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 13px;">36. 47th Vice President of the United States
 * 37) <span style="color: #00b0f0; font-family: 'Baskerville Old Face','serif'; font-size: 13px;">37. Advises on foreign problems3
 * 1) <span style="color: #2acb51; font-family: Georgia,serif;">first African-American to claim the highest office in the land
 * 2) Inauguration took place in Washington, D.C
 * 3) elected from Chicago
 * 4) first president elected from Chicago
 * 5) first to rise from a career in Illinois politics since Abraham Lincoln emerged
 * 6) ran against Sen. John McCain
 * 7) born in Hawaii
 * 8) ran for a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives
 * 9) but lost to Bobby Rush
 * 10) opponent was going to be Jack Ryan
 * 11) published a book in 1995
 * 12) called "Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance"
 * 13) elected as Illinois state senate in 1996
 * 14) in 2004 he won Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate
 * 15) Republican candiates "bash" on Obama
 * 16) won against Sen. John McCain
 * 17) lived in Kenya during his childhood
 * 18) ran as the Sen. of Illinois
 * 19) when running for president lots of the questions were about the war
 * 20) was elected in 2008 but didnt get sworn in til 2009
 * 21) lives in the White House with his 2 daughters, wife, and family pet- a doggie
 * 22) focused the last 4 years on war issues and the umployment rate
 * 23) his birth certifcate was looked into many time during his presidency