Barack Obama: Latest News on the Former President - Page 230

Opinion

Jul 30, 2008 9:18 AM CDT

Obama: 'Presumptuous' Nominee

Holds court in DC as though he were already elected

(Newser) - Barack Obama isn’t the president yet, but no one seems to have broken that news to Barack Obama. The Democrats' presumptive, and increasingly "presumptuous," nominee spent yesterday cavorting about Washington as though he already owned the place, writes Dana Milbank of the Washington Post. Obama met with...

GOP Parodies Obama's Facebook Page

Jul 30, 2008 1:00 AM CDT

GOP Parodies Obama's Facebook Page

'Barackbook' highlights candidate's controversial 'friends'

(Newser) - The GOP is lampooning Barack Obama's popular Facebook page with something it calls Barackbook. The fake Facebook clone features a frowning Obama whose status reads "hoping to settle on an Iraq policy before November," Wired reports. In addition, the imaginary FriendFeed highlights controversial figures associated with the candidate,...

Smoking Makes Obama Human ... If a Bad Role Model

ANALYSIS

Jul 29, 2008 6:50 PM CDT

Smoking Makes Obama Human ... If a Bad Role Model

Some worried a victory by Dem could set anti-tobacco movement back years

(Newser) - If Barack Obama—an on-again, off-again smoker who says he's off again—fails in his attempt to quit, he could be the first president to enjoy a regular puff since FDR, who lit up long before the anti-smoking movement swept America. One watcher tells the Minneapolis Star Tribune the habit...

Candidates Shift Focus to Economy, Center Ground

ANALYSIS

Jul 29, 2008 1:48 PM CDT

Candidates Shift Focus to Economy, Center Ground

Both turn their attention to finding solutions for housing, energy crisis

(Newser) - The presidential hopefuls are turning their focus to the home front—and the economy in particular—in the wake of Barack Obama's foreign trip, ABC News reports. John McCain criticized America's dependence on foreign oil yesterday while speaking in front of an oil derrick in California, while Obama hosted a...

Va. Gov. Kaine Rises to Top of Obama VP Pool

ANALYSIS

Jul 29, 2008 11:56 AM CDT

Va. Gov. Kaine Rises to Top of Obama VP Pool

Says talks are 'very serious'; Biden, Bayh, Sebelius in contention

(Newser) - Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine is in “very serious” talks about a spot on the Democratic ticket, sources tell the Washington Post. The 50-year-old has joined Sens. Evan Bayh, Joe Biden and Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius on Barack Obama’s shortlist, bringing outsider credentials though no experience in foreign affairs,...

Obama Will Plunge US Into Recession

OPINION

Jul 29, 2008 10:15 AM CDT

Obama Will Plunge US Into Recession

Dem's plans would spell disaster, says wonk for first Bush

(Newser) - Barack Obama’s campaign promises on the economy—particularly on taxes and trade—would be a disaster for Americans at all income levels, an adviser to the first President Bush writes in the Wall Street Journal. On “tax, spending, energy, regulatory, and trade policy, if the proposals espoused by...

'Dream Ticket' Odds Fading

Jul 29, 2008 7:46 AM CDT

'Dream Ticket' Odds Fading

Primary nemesis not asked to give background documents

(Newser) - An Obama-Clinton ticket is looking less and less likely, based on the public and private comments of both senators, the New York Times reports. Obama hasn’t asked Hillary Clinton for background check documents, and his recent statement that he’s looking for a Washington outsider suggests he won’t....

Evangelicals Fall
for Obama's Line

OPINION

Jul 29, 2008 6:40 AM CDT

Evangelicals Fall for Obama's Line

'Gullible' voters don't recognize 'Marxism couched in religion'

(Newser) - Barack Obama talks such a good game that he may fool a sizable contingent of evangelicals into supporting him, David N. Bass writes in the right-wing American Spectator. "Unlike past Democratic presidential nominees, he's not schizoid when it comes to talking about his own faith (which, admittedly, is a...

Gallup Shows Biggest Obama Lead—Even as McCain Gains

Jul 28, 2008 6:30 PM CDT

Gallup Shows Biggest Obama Lead—Even as McCain Gains

Republican has edge among those most likely to vote, poll finds; Dem sees bounce

(Newser) - After a Gallup poll yesterday showed Barack Obama with his biggest lead to date among all registered voters, at 9%, a Gallup/USA Today survey out today has John McCain ahead among those voters deemed most likely to actually go to the polls in November. A rep for Gallup—which conducts...

Obama Looks to Tip Scales by Boosting Black Vote

Jul 28, 2008 3:54 PM CDT

Obama Looks to Tip Scales by Boosting Black Vote

Army of volunteers fans out, targeting young people, African Americans

(Newser) - The Obama campaign’s national voter-registration effort has deployed 3,000 volunteers, with one major focus on expanding the African-American voter base dramatically. One volunteer hits the sweltering streets of Macon, Ga., with the Washington Post in tow. "You see how mentally shackled and jaded people are, because they've...

VP Speculation About Pawlenty Mounts

Jul 28, 2008 1:56 PM CDT

VP Speculation About Pawlenty Mounts

Minn. gov in contention thanks to friendship with McCain

(Newser) - Tim Pawlenty is at or near the top of John McCain’s VP dance card, thanks in large part to the Minnesota governor's friendship with the candidate, the Boston Globe reports. Unlike Mitt Romney, Pawlenty simply gets along well with McCain, who's well known for his insistence on loyalty. A...

Babs: Obama's Like Buttah

Jul 28, 2008 1:34 PM CDT

Babs: Obama's Like Buttah

Longtime Clintonite says when Barack clinched nomination, switch was 'immediate'

(Newser) - Hillary Clinton may have been her first choice, but Barbra Streisand’s switch to Barack Obama after he wrapped up the nomination was “immediate”—and she's not too keen on Clinton-backers considering crossing the aisle. In an interview with Politico, she lays into John McCain on women’s...

'Wooden'
McCain
Could Win
By Default

OPINION

Jul 28, 2008 10:15 AM CDT

'Wooden' McCain Could Win By Default

Campaign wunderkind Obama should be doing better

(Newser) - John McCain is a “wooden” candidate running a poor campaign, while Barack Obama is “the most spectacular campaigner of his generation”—so why can’t Obama climb over the 50% mark in polls? It’s a matter of the white working men Obama hasn’t convinced, writes...

Bush Leaving $490B Deficit

Jul 28, 2008 8:53 AM CDT

Bush Leaving $490B Deficit

Record red ink worse than administration predicted

(Newser) - President Bush inherited a $128 billion budget surplus with the White House, but he's saddling his successor with a record deficit, reports USA Today. His administration is forecasting that he’ll leave at least a $490 billion deficit, a dramatic about-face made worse by a continuing economic slowdown and the...

Obama Slips Into Role of Acting President

OPINION

Jul 27, 2008 5:31 PM CDT

Obama Slips Into Role of Acting President

Steps into void left by lame-duck prez as McCain flounders

(Newser) - With a lame duck in the White House and his party's nominee beginning to sound like a quack, Barack Obama is coming off the success of last week's world tour looking like America's acting president, writes Frank Rich in the New York Times. The Illinois senator offers more than "...

Obama ISO VP Who Can Govern

Jul 27, 2008 1:09 PM CDT

Obama ISO VP Who Can Govern

Dem says he won't choose based on home region

(Newser) - Barack Obama won’t pick a veep based on trying to win a specific region, he said today on Meet the Press. Instead, he’ll focus on “somebody who can help me govern,” Politico reports. The Dem also complimented both Clintons, saying the former first lady “would...

McCain Ad Slams Obama
for Skipping Troop Meeting

Jul 27, 2008 12:41 PM CDT

McCain Ad Slams Obama for Skipping Troop Meeting

But 'he had time to go to the gym,' snipes spot

(Newser) - A new John McCain ad goes on the offensive, attacking Barack Obama for canceling a meeting with wounded troops, Politico reports. The clip, which aired in Denver during Saturday Night Live last night, criticizes Obama over his track record with members of the military, sniping: “He made time to...

Europe Swoons Over Obama

OPINION

Jul 27, 2008 12:00 PM CDT

Europe Swoons Over Obama

'You must want a cigarette after that,' Dowd tells candidate after fawning reception

(Newser) - While all of Europe—even the right-wing Nicolas Sarkozy—goes ga-ga over Barack Obama, the would-be president is keeping it real, writes an uncharacteristically un-scathing Maureen Dowd in the New York Times. “If you start believing your own hype, which I rarely do, things’ll turn on your pretty...

Obama's 'One World' Vision Too 'Radical': Bolton

Opinion

Jul 26, 2008 6:12 PM CDT

Obama's 'One World' Vision Too 'Radical': Bolton

Ex-ambassador takes exceptions to Democrat's globalism

(Newser) - Barack Obama’s Berlin speech seemed short on content, but actually revealed the senator’s radical globalist thinking, ex-UN ambassador John Bolton writes in the Los Angeles Times. Obama called himself a “citizen of the world,” and said the Berlin Wall fell because “the world stood as...

Obama Wraps Up Tour
in London, Defends Trip

Jul 26, 2008 11:05 AM CDT

Obama Wraps Up Tour in London, Defends Trip

Candidate meets with Brown to close international tour

(Newser) - Barack Obama wrapped up his international tour today in London, chatting for two hours with PM Gordon Brown on Iraq, the economy, and the "special relationship" between the US and Britain. Obama, preparing to head home to Chicago, defended his trip to Europe and the Mideast as polls in...

Barack Obama

Read the latest post-presidency news about President Barack Obama on Newser.com

Holds court in DC as though he were already elected

'Barackbook' highlights candidate's controversial 'friends'

Some worried a victory by Dem could set anti-tobacco movement back years

Both turn their attention to finding solutions for housing, energy crisis

Says talks are 'very serious'; Biden, Bayh, Sebelius in contention

Dem's plans would spell disaster, says wonk for first Bush

Primary nemesis not asked to give background documents

'Gullible' voters don't recognize 'Marxism couched in religion'

Republican has edge among those most likely to vote, poll finds; Dem sees bounce

Army of volunteers fans out, targeting young people, African Americans

Minn. gov in contention thanks to friendship with McCain

Longtime Clintonite says when Barack clinched nomination, switch was 'immediate'

Campaign wunderkind Obama should be doing better

Record red ink worse than administration predicted

Steps into void left by lame-duck prez as McCain flounders

Dem says he won't choose based on home region

But 'he had time to go to the gym,' snipes spot

'You must want a cigarette after that,' Dowd tells candidate after fawning reception

Ex-ambassador takes exceptions to Democrat's globalism

Candidate meets with Brown to close international tour