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//Barack Obama //. Web. 13 Nov. 2011. .


 * 1) As President Obama took office, his economic program both addressed the immediate crisis and laid the foundation for a U.S. economy
 * 2) We have added back 2.6 million private sector jobs as of September 2011, but there’s more work to do.
 * 3) Thats why the president is taking aggressive steps to putting Americans back to work,create an economy that’s built to last, and restore middle-class security for decades to come.
 * 4) President Obama passed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which helped stop the hemorrhaging of job losses that had reached more than 700,000 per month when he took office
 * 5) A tax cut for 95 percent of working families, helping them keep more of what they earn.
 * 6) President Obama outlines his administration’s investments in a clean energy economy and steps to make cars and trucks more fuel-efficient.
 * 7) President Obama calls one young adult who will benefit from provisions in the Affordable Care Act.
 * 8) President Obama announces the end of the war in Iraq.

Scott, Andy. "Obama 2012." //2012 Presidential Candidates //. Web. 13 Nov. 2011. .


 * 1) Obama is exceptionally intelligent, articulate and possesses an old-school, hands-on approach to politics
 * 2) the 50-year old has had to deal with a growing number of issues that have taken the shine of his presidency
 * 3) His supporters, nevertheless,claim that most of the issues that are weighing him down were inherited from the previous administration
 * 4) and Obama is merely cleaning up the mess
 * 5) They are quick to highlight his recent successes against Osama bin Laden,
 * 6) the jobs created in the two years of his administration that the Bush administration could not match in eight years
 * 7) he recovery of the automotive industry following the Obama-led bailout plan two years ago
 * 8) all proof of President Obama’s successful policies.
 * 9) However, the biggest question among his detractors is whether Obama is capable of charting his own course and holding the country to it,
 * 10) his concessionary approach is gradually being interpreted as a symbol of his indecisiveness
 * 11) Questions about his much derided health care plan
 * 12) rising unemployment rates, the direction and perceived big government approach
 * 13) obama is pro choice on abortion
 * 14) As the country squirms through recession, President Obama's budget plans to reduce the decades of economic inequality that prevails in the United States.
 * 15) By bringing in a progressive tax code
 * 16) President Obama is a strong supporter of worker's rights
 * 17) He would see to it that striking workers are not completely expelled from work.
 * 18) Obama feels utmost caution should be taken on the subject of capital punishment, and it should be reserved only for ‘heinous crimes’
 * 19) Obama intends to revive 'No Child Left Behind' by recruiting an army of new teachers and support schools that need improvement rather than punishing them.
 * 20) He claims that medical bills and health related issues are the number one cause for personal bankruptcy
 * 21) Being a firm believer in gay equality, Barack Obama supports the Employment Non-Discrimination Act which provides consideration for sexual orientation and gender identity.
 * 22) Obama agrees to an individual's right to bear arms, in principle, but does not take it as an absolute right and considers it as a negotiable subject.
 * 23) One of the main proposals of Barack Obama with regards to prescription drugs is to grant permission to the citizens of America to buy safe prescription drug
 * 24) Obama voted YES on reauthorizing the Patriot Act and also co sponsored the SAFE Act
 * 25) Obama supports more using more renewable energies, phasing out incandescent light bulbs by 2014 and requiring new vehicles to be able to run on biofuel.
 * 26) Obama is of the opinion that stem cell research has great possibilities which will be of enormous help in the diagnosis and treatment of several distressing illnesses

"Obama's 2008 Presidential Campaign Donors Not Giving Early On In Reelection Race."//Breaking News and Opinion on The Huffington Post //. Web. 13 Nov. 2011. .

20. a financial analyst from Chicago who gave $1,000 to Obama in 2008. "But I was dead wrong about it," she said, and isn't supporting any candidate this election
 * 1) Tens of thousands of people who together gave millions of dollars to Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign have gone missing this time around.
 * 2) Their failure to give so far may signal that some of the president's earliest supporters have lost enthusiasm.
 * 3) he president's re-election effort is hardly hurting for cash
 * 4) His campaign and the Democratic Party raised more than $70 million combined since July, outstripping all Republicans combined by millions.
 * 5) But some supporters who wrote Obama larger checks early in the 2008 campaign haven't done so this time, representing more than $10 million in missing donations.
 * 6) The Obama campaign said almost all of its donors this year have given $200 or less.
 * 7) Yet nearly 40 percent of Obama's fundraising coffers since April have been filled with donations larger than that
 * 8) Many Obama supporters said they will vote for his re-election even if they don't write big checks.
 * 9) About 4 out of 5 of those who voted for the president in 2008 say they are likely to do so again,
 * 10) The campaign reports offer a complicated financial picture for Obama this election cycle.
 * 11) Recent reports show a mixed level of financial support from Wall Street
 * 12) Obama garnered continued donations from the nation's most economically hard-hit areas.
 * 13) Observers have said this election likely will cost more than $1 billion.
 * 14) The Obama campaign, for its part, said more than a million people have given to the president's 2012 re-election efforts
 * 15) Among those donors was Laurel Cappa of Washington, who gave $300 to the president four years ago and opened her wallet again this year
 * 16) "It was a birthday gift to myself," she said, having turned 70 this year, "and I expect to be giving more."
 * 17) The AP's analysis suggests that Obama, beleaguered by a struggling economy, will have to work harder to win back party stalwarts and swing voters alike
 * 18) His approval ratings have slumped to 41 percent in a recent Gallup poll, as steadfast supporters have found themselves less able or less willing to open their wallets again.
 * 19) He was our state senator, and when I looked at the Republican side, I thought, `We need some fresh blood in the campaign,'" said Janet Tavakoli, 58

"Barack Obama Biography - President of the United States." //American History From About //. Web. 13 Nov. 2011. .

1. Born: Barack Hussein Obama on Friday August 4th, 1961 2.Barack Obama is 50 years old 3. he was born in Honolulu Hawaii 4.Obama is of mixed African and Caucasian parentage. His father, Barack Obama Sr., is an ethnic Kenyan Luo from the Nyanza province. 5.His mother, Stanley Ann Dunham, is a Caucasian of English, Scottish, Irish, French, Swiss, German and Welsh descent 6.Obama's first official job was a financial writer for a new york based international consulting firm 7. He joined the firm soon after graduating from Columbia University in 1985. 8. He took his first step into politics by heading the Illinois Project VOTE, a Clinton-campaign sponsored voter-registration initiative. 9. In 2000, Obama made a step up and attempted to contest the House of Representatives seat of Illinois District 1 10. In 2004, Obama, who has risen to the chairmanship of the Illinois Senate's Public Health and Welfare Committee 11. In the 2008 Presidential Election, Obama, with Delaware Senator Joe Biden as his running mate 12. Obama has two daughters; 13-year old Malia Ann (July 4, 1998) and ten-year old Natasha (June 10, 2001). 13. During the 2008 presidential campaign, his aides claim that Obama could speak a little Indonesian. 14. However, Obama clarified that his control of the language is very poor. 15. He speaks equally poor Spanish, but still managed to deliver a taped radio address in the language in 2006. 16. father: Barack Obama Sr. (1936-1982), Senior Economist in the Kenyan Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning. 17.mother: Stanley Ann Dunham (1942 – 1995), Educator and Anthropologist 18. stepfather: Lolo Soetoro Mangundikardjo (1935 – 1987), Geographer, Colonel with the Indonesian Army and Oil Company Executive 19. paternal grandfather: Onyango Hussein Obama (1895-1979), Soldier, Cook, Handyman, Farmer 20. paternal grandmother: Habibah Akumu daughter of Njoga, Housewife 21. paternal step grandmother: Sara Ogwel, Housewife 22. maternal grandfather: Stanley Armour Dunham (1918-1992), U.S Army (USAF 1830th Ordnance), Furniture Store Manager, Furniture Store Salesman and an Insurance Salesman 23.maternal grandmother: Madelyn Lee Payne (1922-2008), Assembly Line Worker, Housewife 24.Obama is a practicing Christian. His biological father, Obama Sr., came from a mixed Christian-Muslim-Animist family background 25. He is the third eldest of the ten siblings 26. obama has written many books.