Obama
According to the AP…*President Barack Obama’s approval rating has hit its highest point in two years – 60 percent – and more than half of Americans now say he deserves to be re-elected, -GfK poll taken after U.S. forces killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.
Yesterday, President Barack Obama officially announced his intentions to run for re-election in 2012. In light of all the turmoil going on around the world, he did it quietly, without fanfare. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=blog_inner/27298/1573138/The Fly Jock
*Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, even low-key actors like Matt Damon. The Hollywood star criticized the president for his lack of leadership and slacking on his promises. http://www.eurweb.com/?p=89660
http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_state_of_black_america_news/25975 More than half of the nation’s Republican voters don’t believe that President Barack Obama was born in the United States, a harbinger that the so-called “birther” issue could play a major role in the 2012 presidential campaign, according to a new poll released Tuesday.
http://www.eurweb.com/?p=78826 *Like they say, timing is everything. If only President Obama could’ve gotten voters to think of him then, the way they do now:
http://www.eurweb.com/?p=77822 *Maine’s governor, Paul LePage, just doesn’t give a crap. He is telling critics to “kiss my butt” over his decision not to attend the state NAACP’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations this weekend.
http://www.eurweb.com/?p=77506 *Nielsen is reporting that 30.8 million people watched President Obama’s address from the Arizona Memorial Service Wednesday, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
*Jimmy McMillan, leader of New York political party “The Rent Is Too Damn High,” has just announced his candidacy for President of the United States in 2012, reports the Huffington Post. http://www.eurweb.com/?p=73362
http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/moving_america_news/24335 Deliberate obstructionism by the GOP has created a crisis level in judicial staffing, according to a judicial advocacy organization.
http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_state_of_black_america_news/24210 Illinois Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr., who served as co-chairman of Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign, compared Democratic President Barack Obama’s economic agenda to that of Republican President Ronald Reagan on Friday.
*President Obama today defended his decision to compromise with Republicans and temporarily extend about-to-expire tax cuts for all Americans. http://www.eurweb.com/?p=69829
http://www.eurweb.com/?p=69502 *Well that was quick. Not that he has the support of progressives, but President Obama said today that he has reached an agreement with Republicans on how to extend expiring tax cuts.
