Barack Obama

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August 15, 2011

Gallup Poll: Obama approval hits new low

Obama registered 39 percent approval in the daily Gallup tracking poll from Sunday, which is made up of interviews of…
August 15, 2011

Is religious bigotry the GOP primary 'X-Factor'?

OPINION - Christian conservatives are once again injecting distracting wedge issues into the debate...
August 15, 2011

Obama begins Midwest bus tour to hear from voters

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama sets off Monday on a bus tour that aims to produce give-and-take with Americans...
August 14, 2011

Why President Obama has more bite than bark

OPINION - Progressives would be wise to ignore their political soothsayers and recognize that everyone has a hustle...
August 12, 2011

Glenn Beck's twisted racial fantasies

OPINION - When in the history of this great republic has a man been able to set so many political…
August 12, 2011

Obama adviser questions Perry's economic successes

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's political team is taking an early swipe at Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who's set…
August 11, 2011

Beck warns of 'race riots' if Obama isn't re-elected

Beck has interviewed Bachmann many times, and has previously said he thinks she should run as Florida Rep. Allen West's…
August 11, 2011

African-Americans strongly support Obama re-election bid

NEWS ONE - According to a new BlackPlanet/NewsOne poll, 88 percent of African-Americans said President Barack Obama should be reelected…
August 11, 2011

Obama sees 'worst kind of partisanship' in DC

HOLLAND, Mich. (AP) - On his first official trip outside of Washington since being confined to the nation's capital for…
August 11, 2011

Tavis Smiley: 'The poor are rendered more and more invisible'

VIDEO - Smiley and Cornel West discuss their poverty tour, what they would like to see change in Washington, and…
August 11, 2011

Rep. Walsh: Obama 'Like a teenage boy who had a big party'

Congress' television ambitious Joe Walsh (R-IL) appeared on the air waves again Tuesday morning, slamming President Obama and the Democrats...
August 10, 2011

Steve Harvey: Cornel West, Tavis Smiley are 'Uncle Toms'

theGRIO REPORT - During his syndicated radio show, comedian Steve Harvey called out West and Smiley for their poverty bus…
August 10, 2011

Obama surges to lead against generic Republican

Beset by debt ceiling woes, President Obama has been trailing behind a hypothetical "generic Republican" in recent polls...
August 10, 2011

Milennial attitudes prove America isn't post-racial

OPINION - Young people of color were able to make more of a connection between race and disparities in opportunity…
August 9, 2011

Obama pays his respects to Americans killed in Afghanistan

DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Del. (AP) - Obama has been paying his respects today to the 30 Americans who were…
August 9, 2011

West and Smiley's 'Poverty Tour' veers way off track

OPINION - If Smiley and West really have the goal of raising awareness of the problem of poverty in America…
August 9, 2011

Cries of 'Hillary told you so' haunt Obama campaign

OPINION - In hindsight, maybe Hillary Clinton had a point about Barack Obama during their highly contentious race for the…
August 9, 2011

Why Rick Perry is the second coming of George W. Bush

OPINION - If you didn't know any better, you might conclude that Rick Perry either is George W. Bush, or…
August 8, 2011

White House announces $105 million in Africa aid

WASHINGTON (AP) - White House press secretary Jay Carney says the money will help provide food, shelter, water, and sanitation…
August 8, 2011

Jesse Jackson blasts Obama for not supporting black voters

Jesse Jackson outlined his severe disappointment with President Obama's service to the African-American community...