President Barack Obama has taken at least one good page from George W. Bush’s book. He knows how to go around the Washington media. Obama, however, has taken it a step further. He knows how to go around the English-speaking...
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Stickers in English and Spanish are available for voters at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library on November 6, 2012 in Washington, DC.
Obama: ‘Sí, se Puede’ Communicate
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Organizing for Action head Jim Messina during an Organizing for Action dinner on March 13, 2013 at the St. Regis Hotel in Washington, DC.
Messina: Guns, Immigration and 2014
Jim Messina, the Obama campaign wizard who has taken on the challenge of pressing the president’s agenda going forward, is weighing in on gun safety and immigration this week and next — but don’t look for any Washington news conferences....
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Jim Messina, campaign manager for the re-election of President Barack Obama, talks with reporters during a tour of the re-election headquarters in Chicago.
Obama’s Advocacy Group Bows to Pressure, Bans Corporate Giving
Organizing for Action, the advocacy group that arose from President Barack Obama’s successful re-election campaign, has reversed course and decided not to take corporate donations. OFA Chairman Jim Messina made the announcement in an article he wrote for CNN.com. He gave...
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President Barack Obama hugs his campaign manager, Jim Messina, during an unannounced stop at campaign headquarters in Chicago.
Obama’s Campaign Turns to ‘Action’
Updated at 9 am EST. President Barack Obama is converting the machinery of his re-election campaign into a tax-exempt nonprofit group to push his second-term legislative agenda, a Democratic official confirmed. The new group, Organizing for Action, will be headed...
Read more »Obama’s Spending: Battleground States, Staff Bonuses
Newly filed spending reports show President Barack Obama’s campaign committee transferred almost $2 million in the final days of his re-election campaign to three key states: Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Money well spent, as he carried the trio en route to racking...
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President Barack Obama greets supporters after speaking at a campaign event at Delray Beach Tennis Center on Oct. 23, 2012 in Fla.
Obama Campaign Claims the Lead: `We Have the Ball,’ Axelrod Says
The election is up for grabs with two weeks remaining? — Not so fast, say President Barack Obama’s top campaign strategists. While polls show the president and Republican challenger Mitt Romney deadlocked nationally and in the battleground states that will...
Read more »Obama Passes Romney Fundraising
President Barack Obama’s campaign raised $114 million in August, more than the $111.6 million collected by challenger Mitt Romney, the rivals said today. The totals include money raised by their campaigns as well as joint fundraising efforts with their respective...
Read more »Obama: Speech About the `Stakes’
President Barack Obama told supporters on a conference call today that his address tonight at the Democratic National Convention will outline the “stakes in this election,” and that he can’t wait to share his “vision for the future.” The call...
Read more »Clinton: `Trickle Down’ Didn’t Work Then, Won’t Work Now
Former President Bill Clinton speaks tonight, on the second night of the Democratic National Convention, and he will present “a clear difference” in the economic visions of Obama and Republican nominee Mitt Romney, campaign manager Jim Messina said today. Clinton...
Read more »Obama Camp Near Word on Stadium
President Barack Obama’s campaign will make a decision within the next few hours about whether to move the president’s convention speech from outdoors at Bank of America stadium in Charlotte, to inside at the Time Warner arena, campaign manager Jim...
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