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Subscribe to RSSA White House official confirms that the president will make his way through North Carolina and Virginia on a three-day bus tour later this month. It's scheduled for October 17-19.
AP reported and the official confirms: “The trip will be similar to a three-day bus tour through Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois the president went on in August. Obama is intent on keeping up the pressure on Congress over his jobs proposal, a message the White House believes can resonate with the public, and he often picks states that could be important for his 2012 re-election chances. North Carolina and Virginia are both traditionally Republican states that Obama won in 2008.”
Obama was the first Democrat to win Virginia since 1964 and the first to win North Carolina since 1976. But his job approval has declined considerably in those states since he was elected.
Obama appoints Shakira to Hispanic education commission
In other news, President Obama appointed Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll, otherwise known simply as Shakira, to his “President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for Hispanics.
“In addition to her career in music, Ms. Mebarak Ripoll has been involved in a number of global educational efforts,” the White House said in a press release. “She founded the Barefoot Foundation in 1995, which operates schools and educational projects in Colombia, South Africa, and Haiti, feeding and educating approximately 6,000 children. In 2010, she collaborated with the World Bank and the Barefoot Foundation to establish an initiative that distributes educational and developmental programs for children across Latin America. In 2008, Ms. Mebarak Ripoll served as the Honorary Chair of the Global Campaign for Education's Global Action Week. In 2005, she became a founding member of Latin America in Solidarity Action, a coalition of artists and business leaders seeking to promote integrated early childhood public policies. Ms. Mebarak Ripoll became a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund in 2003, where she promotes the expansion and improvement of comprehensive early childhood care and education across the world.”
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At least he won't have to worry about bumping into the Road Hog Express!
The first dud from AK has the propaganda-mobile tucked safely away in the garage!
Let it roll Mr. President... down the highway...
Virginia & North Carolina.
President Obama won't win either of those in 2012.
I'm taking bets.
Anyone?
Let's get us all "on the record", shall we?
Libs R Us?
Joseph,
In an interview recently, President Carter described what campaigns were like for him. The American people back then simply ticked a box saying they agreed to pay $3 dollars towards the Presidential campaign (optional). Three dollars only. That's all.
President Carter said he did not have to raise any money to campaign and could focus on his job as President. He marveled and shook his head at how much work this President has to all in one day and wondered what it might be like. These days, President Obama has to campaign. So did Bush.
President Bush also traveled around the country on a campaign bus tour.
But even Bush did not have to deal with the $millions/$billions poured in from secret, untraceable sources (eg Rove's group says $260million) as happened for the first time in 2010. It started with Scott Brown's MA election, and went on from there. Bush did not have to deal with all that money going into attack ads and anything-goes. That is brand new in US history and brand new for a President, due to the Supreme Court ruling on 'Citizen's United".
A President has never had so much to do in US history. And all the while blocked from doing his job, unsupported every step of the way in the worst recession since the great recession. Add to that a global economic recession. By their own admission, the number 1 priority of Republican Congressionals is to stop President Obama from growing the economy and this includes blocking him from putting people back to work.
GOP leadership is useless, without ethics and has been so from day one of the Presidents tenure. And they brag about it to the Press as often as possible.
#4.1 - Wed Oct 5, 2011 12:54 PM MDT
Speaking of getting "on the record," MB, how 'bout you getting on the record with whom you are supporting as an alternative. NO isn't on the ballot, neither is ABO. Ron Paul's supporters are proud enough of their choice to cheer him by name. Lately, some Cain supporters have followed suit. Its so much easier to just criticise others' choices than to actually make one. I know its early and the GOP has such a "wealth" of options to choose from. Could you at least let us know if any have been eliminated from your consideration? Bachman still in the running? Roemer? Ready to donate, make calls, knock on doors for Mitt Romney? Perfectly comfortable w/ Rick Perry in charge?
Excellent post Backhouse. I brought this up before with little interest in return. Wouldn't it be nice if conservatives would take interest in how money corrupts the political process instead of getting their panties in a knot about the bus?
I've posted my preferred ticket repeatedly, marv.
You must have missed it, somehow.
Again:
Romney/Rubio 2012.
Your turn.
On the record, marv:
Does President Obama win Virginia and North Carolina in 2012?
He won't win either one.
True, you too.
The shell of this bus was made in Canada. The interior made in the US ~ and the details finished off by Secret Service. The bus is Secret Service's decision and they decided to stop renting to save money, as they had to keep custom building and tearing down to return the rental.
The Republican nominee will use a duplicate bus for their own campaign.
I have all the details, including on President Bush's bus.
Mixed Bag:
I'll take the bet.
If you win, you buy the pizza. If I win, you buy the pizza.
Or wait. If I win, I'll buy.
That's how confident I am. ;-)
California Tom - Why do you post "Obama 2012" every day and without mentioning his trusty sidekick Joe Biden? Wouldn't a Obama/Biden 2012 be more appropriate and respectful of the Vice-President's contributions to President Obama efforts to date here especially when considering that Joe Biden is on the "ticket" and is literally only a heartbeat away from the POTUS?
OK, AM.
We have a bet.
I think.
Anyway...
Where's the Libs R Us crowd?
No takers in that bunch?
What a shock.
IR, Because they are Obama and Biden ~ on sunny days. On rainy days you might want to write Obama-Biden, or possibly Obama--Biden, but probably not as it takes too much fiddling aboot on the keyboard. But you never know, it might be worth the effort and at least other people would feel the (sunny/rainy) but I digress, you get the idea.
On the other hand, if you like to play around with UPPER and lower case, you one could try ObAmA--bIdEn. The trouble with that is it doesn't look modern enough and you can't trust people who use those kinds of cheap attention-getting methods. Better to stick with something tried and true, as long as it is not every OTHER Wednesday and then it is just all hell broke loose with the kapitalls flying every which way.
Anyway, my sense is you are the kind of person who likes to get into the important nitty gritty details of important stuff and I have spent a pleasant and happy time setting this all down for posterity.
MB,
No one is going to touch that bet unless you offer some fairly hefty odds.
Heck, even at 100 to 1 doubt I would touch it.
ABO 2012
I wonder if obama still has Michelle get out of the bus before he lets it drive over all those deteriorating bridges?
Obama doesn't have a chance, he is toast! He will go down in history only as the guy who finished Jimmy Carter's second term! Hopefully the country will heal from his actions!
Do you think the country has finally learned a lesson? Don't elect a liberal academic's to any political office, especially POTUS!
His jobs bill is resonating with the public. How could anyone not agree with it?
Oh, wait a minute, the Republican party doesn't want jobs. I forgot.
Mr President, don't drop your new found gloves. GOP/TP are bleeding copiously from your jabs. scores now stand at 49/34.
Yes Tom,
Lets put the Obama jobs bill to a vote in the Senate right now. Let's do it.
Joseph,
In an interview recently, President Carter described what campaigns were like for him. The American people back then simply ticked a box saying they agreed to pay $3 dollars towards the Presidential campaign (optional). Three dollars only.
President Carter said he did not have to raise any money to campaign and could focus on his job as President. He marveled and shook his head at how much work this President has to all in one day. Unfortunately, President Obama has to campaign. So did Bush.
President Bush also traveled around the country on his campaign.
But even Bush did not have to deal with the $millions/$billions poured in from secret, untraceable sources (eg Rove's group says $260million) as happened for the first time in 2010. That is brand new in US history and brand new for a President, due to the Supreme Court ruling on 'Citizen's United".
A President has never had so much to do in US history. And all the while blocked from doing his job, unsupported every step of the way in the worst recession since the great recession in a changing global economy. By their own admission, the number 1 priority of Republican Congressionals is to stop President Obama from growing the economy and this includes blocking him from putting people back to work.
GOP leadership is useless, without ethics and has been so from day one of the Presidents tenure. And they brag about it to the Press as often as possible.
Obama's time management plan:
Campaign - 35% of Obama's time
Fund Raise - 42% of Obama's time
Figure out how to get billions to his political contributors Green Energy companies - 12% of Obama's time
Make Michelle's travel arrangements on Travelocity.com - 10.73% of Obama's time
Work on solving the problems of the country - 0.27% of Obama's time
You:
Demean, downgrade, undermine, infantilize, fabricate, lie and disgust the rest of us 100% of the time.
Plenty of work for all of you back there.
Smiff- what percent of the Republican congres' time has been spent on 'making Obama a one-term-president' from DAY ONE??
Gosh I wonder if w bush will score this one?
Nice smack down JAS1. And come on Navy, you got smacked, on the facts, so what's with the personal attack?
As per Feisty - you lost the argument. But then, I suspect you know that going in.
Oh and Drive By - Obama has done bad all by himself. Plus most great leaders never had any opposition, and no one wanted them to fail, right?
Get out of your bubble Drive By, get into the game.
[Smiff- what percent of the Republican congres' time has been spent on 'making Obama a one-term-president' from DAY ONE??]
Well, their time hasn't been passing any revelant legislation, in fact, I think the GOP/TP's only claim to fame is "renaming some post offices"...I wonder if that list includes the ones that they want to close?
Sss
No 'ssmacking' happenss around thiss a-one.
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Good for the bus tour. It will give the righties something else to whine about, and you know me- I kind of get a big kick out of their whining all the time.
It's pretty neat, really.
Cue the whining about the expensive bus that the Secret Service bought for these bus tours (forgetting the fact that it is intended for security and that the Republican candidate will have a similar bus).
You need a stint in the Sarah Palin Political Re-education camp.
So Obama is still cruising around in his campaign- mobile that we are paying for. Shouldn't he be in his office working on creating jobs?? Oh, that's right. His job comes first. We forgot.
Joseph E. Parent
I paid for that campaign- mobile too but am not whining.
MSNBC implies that the New York protesters are the Left's version of the Tea Party. LOL
This is an insult to the left as well as the tea party.
Seriously, I just hope none of those kids gets hurt while hanging out in NYC. We were all young and idealistic once, right??
And let's not forget- the Tea Baggers were protesting EARLY things they thought Obmama MIGHT do.
The Wall Street protesters are protesting real wrongs that have already been committed. (i.e.- banks get bailouts, commoners get diddly)
Joseph, The left already has a leftist version of the Tea party. It is called the Socialist Party. Based on some of the protesters comments, there seem to be plenty of card carrying Socialists there.