Barack Obama

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November 5, 2010

Obama acknowledges his message didn't get through

WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama says in an interview with CBS television that he 'stopped paying attention' to the leadership style…
November 5, 2010

Beautyshop Buzz: How will the midterms shape America?

VIDEO - Two years from now -- do you think this election will have an effect on President Obama's re-election…
November 4, 2010

Can Obama reach common ground without selling out black base?

OPINION - How does the president work with this new crop of conservatives whose ire has been focused as much…
November 3, 2010

Obama on midterm defeat: ‘It was a shellacking’

WASHINGTON (AP) - Obama opened his post-election news conference by saying voters who felt frustrated by the sluggish pace of…
November 3, 2010

‘Rent Is Too Damn High’ candidate: I can’t quit now

NEW YORK (AP) - He says the mayoral race in a few years is a possibility. He says he's been…
November 3, 2010

Midterm elections make black history

theGRIO REPORT - Two years after electing the first African-American president, African-American candidates are still making history all across the…
November 3, 2010

Republicans run the House — now what?

OPINION - They now have a responsibility for governing, and will share in the credit, and the blame, for the…
November 3, 2010

Deval Patrick’s win provides a blueprint for Obama

OPINION - What remains to be seen is not whether Obama is capable of leadership, but more poignantly, that he…
November 3, 2010

Midterms not about Barack but ‘the Benjamins’

OPINION - This election was not about socialism, a president who was illegitmate, or black, or any of the other…
November 2, 2010

Patrick bucks GOP tide to win re-election in Mass.

BOSTON (AP) - Gov. Deval Patrick won a second term with the help of some of the same political advisers…
November 2, 2010

Obama: Agenda ‘all at risk’ in any Republican romp

WASHINGTON (AP) - "The future is yours to shape," he said. "But if you don't get involved, then somebody else…
November 2, 2010

Decoding the Tea Party’s ire

First, I'll state the obvious: It's not racist to criticize President Obama, it's not racist to have conservative views, and…
November 2, 2010

Jon Stewart mocks Fox News ‘Obama-is-racially-intolerant’ flap

As TPM reported previously, Fox News hosts complained that Obama's use of "back of the bus" is a racially insensitive…
November 1, 2010

New Senate unlikely to include black members; few candidates ran in 2010

The Senate might not have any African-American members after the election when Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) vacates his seat...
November 1, 2010

Man gets 9 years for setting 2008 black church fire

SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts (AP) - The fire destroyed the Macedonia Church of God in Christ in Springfield in the early morning…
November 1, 2010

Lil Wayne redefines stardom from behind bars

NEW YORK (AP) - For the rapper, his jail term has been a difficult exile from the recording studio where…
November 1, 2010

With images of civil rights, blacks urged to vote

ATLANTA (AP) - On the Sunday before Election Day, preachers told black churchgoers across America to get out and vote...
October 29, 2010

Michelle Obama bashes bullying of gay youth

WASHINGTON (AP) - Mrs. Obama said young people need to know that they shouldn't let the challenges they face in…
October 29, 2010

Why a Palin presidential run should scare Obama

OPINION - Palin's unimpressive, yet lovable demeanor will help her to secure even more followers than she has now...
October 29, 2010

Is nothing sacred? Tea Party campaigns against Muslim faith

OPINION - If they are not actually anti-Arab Islamophobes, then they are doing nothing to challenge this portrayal of themselves…