Yet, Obama — agent of the “new politics,” erstwhile Breath of Fresh Air, guarantor of all that is good and clean in Washington — declared his support for Dodd’s 2010 re-election campaign bid. … When he launched his presidential bid in February 2007, Obama inspired millions and rallied the world with his pledge to “build a more hopeful America.” He told a cheering crowd in Springfield, Ill., land of Lincoln, that he recognized “that there is a certain presumptuousness …

More: continued here

The White House is officially objecting to the school lunch campaign poster (above) created by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine’s (PCRM) for their Healthy School Lunches campaign. The Washington-based non-profit placed 14 copies of the poster around DC’s Union Station on August 3, ….. First It Was The Logo, Now It’s An Organic Garden. First It Was The Logo, Now It\ Michelle Obama and the White House Kitchen Garden inspire change in some unusual places. …

More: continued here

As I considered the controversy surrounding my visit here, I was reminded of an encounter I had during my Senate campaign, one that I describe in a book I wrote called The Audacity of Hope. A few days after I won the Democratic nomination, … And I want to join him and Father Jenkins in saying how inspired I am by the maturity and responsibility with which this class has approached the debate surrounding today’s ceremony. This tradition of cooperation and understanding …

More: continued here

August 11th, 2009 Text of Obama Shriver statementWASHINGTON — Text of President Barack Obama’s statement on the death of Eunice Kennedy Shriver: Michelle and I were deeply saddened to learn about the passing of Eunice Kennedy Shriver. Eunice was many things to many people: a mother who inspired her children to serve others; a wife who supported her husband Sargent in the Peace Corps and in politics; and a sister to her siblings, including brothers John, Robert, …

More: continued here

First It Was The Logo, Now It’s An Organic Garden. First It Was The Logo, Now It\ Michelle Obama and the White House Kitchen Garden inspire change in some unusual places. …. Former White House Chef Walter Scheib On The Record About the Foodie Disinformation Campaign.. Click to read our chat about Cristeta Comerford bashing, and the truth about local, organic, sustainable food in the White House kitchens. …

More: continued here

He has started his crusade against everything this country represents and stands for with his simple words “hope“”change“… Though many facts of Marxism and Totalism where stired up during his campaign, the overwhelming belief of … HR4111, Mandatory Civil Service: President Barack Obama and his Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel plan to force all young adults, aged 18-25, to serve a minimum of 3 months in a “Civilian Service” that will be larger than the U.S. Military. …

More: continued here

“As tensions are inflamed at health care town hall meetings across the country, a dangerous trend of Hitler comparisons, Stalin comparisons, and all-around dictator comparisons to President Barack Obama is taking shape,” writes Tolu Olurunda in his Daily Voice column today, ….. He made a big mistake during the campaign when he lied about Hope and Change, he should have just admitted that he would be a rerun of the Jimmy Carter show, but with an uglier wife. Dawayne …

More: continued here

“The DNC has put out an ad claiming that the ‘right-wing extremist base” is out to “destroy” Barack Obama, so it has unleashed “angry mobs . . . mob activity straight from the playbook of high-level Republican political operatives. … “I hope that our work together on the Obama campaign was only the beginning. I want to say that we will continue to be a force to be reckoned with – and carve a niche within the politics of our community to make way for our collective …

More: continued here

It was, we can hope, an understanding of this reality that led nine Republicans to join the Senate’s Democrats in voting to confirm Barack Obama’s first nominee to the Supreme Court. There can be no honest debate that Feingold, the history buff who … Just as President Barack Obama’s own historic election inspired millions of young Americans to strive to follow in his footsteps, Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s life story teaches that no American should limit their aspirations. …

More: continued here

Scuttle butt is she will fund her campaign with 1 million dollars of her own dollars. Before she spends a dime she better mend fences with her own Rutherfrod County state delegation specifically Senator Jim Tracy and Rep. Joe Carr. … Despite weak candidates, the gop will will 50-60 seats in Congress next year… because Americans thought they were getting “Hope and change”, but they got “Hopelessness and a little bit of change, jingling in their pockets”. …

More: continued here