U.S. President Barack Obama has embarked on a three-day campaign swing, a day after accepting the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination. Both Mr. Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney are spending Friday reaching out to voters in Iowa and New Hampshire, two key states in the November 6 elections. At an event in New Hampshire, President […]
Obama Hits Campaign Trail, Following Acceptance Speech
Posted September 7th, 2012 at 2:25 pm (UTC-5)
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Obama Hits Campaign Trail, Following Acceptance Speech
Posted September 7th, 2012 at 8:05 am (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama is launching a three-day campaign swing Friday, a day after accepting the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination. Both Mr. Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney will spend Friday reaching out to voters in Iowa and New Hampshire, two key states in the November elections. On Thursday, Mr. Obama told supporters at the […]
Diplomacy Keeps Hillary Clinton Away from Democratic Convention
Posted September 6th, 2012 at 6:15 am (UTC-5)
While former U.S. president Bill Clinton was delivering a rousing speech at the Democratic National Convention, his wife, Hillary, was nearly 16,000 kilometers away fulfilling her duties as U.S. secretary of state. Hillary Clinton was in the tiny nation of East Timor Thursday as part of a tour of five Pacific Asian nations and Russia. […]
Obama Tours Storm-Ravaged Louisiana
Posted September 3rd, 2012 at 7:55 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama left the campaign trail on the eve of his party’s nominating convention to visit with Louisiana residents hard-hit by Hurricane Isaac. Mr. Obama toured St. John the Baptist Parish late Monday, about 50 kilometers outside of New Orleans, and met with residents, some of whom were forced to flee floodwaters by […]
Obama Tours Storm-Ravaged Louisiana
Posted September 3rd, 2012 at 7:30 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama left the campaign trail on the eve of his party’s nominating convention to visit with Louisiana residents hard-hit by Hurricane Isaac. Mr. Obama toured St. John the Baptist Parish Monday, about 50 kilometers outside of New Orleans, and met with residents. Some parish neighborhoods flooded during the storm, forcing some residents […]
US VP, VP Candidate Trade Barbs
Posted September 3rd, 2012 at 4:30 pm (UTC-5)
While the two U.S. presidential candidates are doing what they can to rally support, their vice presidential running mates are on the attack. Republican vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan told voters in North Carolina Monday President Barack Obama’s campaign is running away from a poor record on the economy. “One out of six American today […]
Obama Rallies Union Support
Posted September 3rd, 2012 at 2:55 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama is getting ready for this week’s Democratic National Convention, rallying support from blue collar workers in the nation’s heartland. In a Labor Day holiday address, Mr. Obama told unionized auto workers Monday in Toledo, Ohio that he’s willing to bet on them “any day of the week.” The Democratic National Convention […]
Obama Rallies Labor Union Supporters
Posted September 3rd, 2012 at 1:45 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama is rallying blue-collar factory workers as he heads to this week’s Democratic National Convention to be formally nominated for a second term in the White House. Mr. Obama was in Toledo, Ohio, in the heart of the industrialized central part of the U.S., on Monday to speak to unionized auto workers […]
Obama Seeks to Rally Labor Union Supporters
Posted September 3rd, 2012 at 11:15 am (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama is seeking to rally his base of support among blue-collar factory workers as he heads to this week’s Democratic National Convention to be formally nominated for a second term in the White House. Mr. Obama is in Toledo, Ohio, in the heart of the industrialized central part of the U.S., for […]
Obama, Romney on the Campaign Trail
Posted September 1st, 2012 at 11:15 pm (UTC-5)
U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney derided each other Saturday on their campaign trails. President Obama speaking in Iowa – a state the helped launch his successful 2008 White House campaign – criticized Mr. Romney for rehashing outdated ideas from the 20th century in his address at the recent Republican national […]
