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Obama Defeats All Pundit Estimates

Nov 7 2012, 10:03am CST | by

A landslide victory last night

Well, it is official. Barack Obama has been re-elected, marking the third president in a row to serve for the full two terms. This is the longest run of two-term presidencies in modern history. But...

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Obama asks Americans to honour fallen soldiers

Source: GulfToday.ae  |   May 25 2013, 4:34pm CDT

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Saturday asked all Americans to honour their fallen heroes and to stand with veterans and military families this Memorial Day weekend. In his weekly radio and Internet address, Obama pa ...

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"President Obama is scaling back the use of drones to kill terrorists and foreign enemies"


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Where's President Obama's climate agenda?

Source: EcoEarth News  |   May 25 2013, 4:19pm CDT

President Barack Obama began his second term with a ringing pledge to tackle climate change — saying that “the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations.” Instead of taking bold steps, Obama’s environmental regulators are dodging ...

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Obama's speechwriter: from intern to top wordsmith

Source: Sify  |   May 25 2013, 2:23pm CDT

Two years later, when Obama needed a new head speechwriter, he turned to Keenan, a 32-year-old fellow Chicagoan. Favreau, who left in March after five years as the president's lead wordsmith and his campaign speechwriter before tha ...

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Obama thanks service members during weekly address

Source: Your News Now - Hudson Valley  |   May 25 2013, 1:25pm CDT

To view our videos, you need to enable JavaScript. Learn how. install Adobe Flash 9 or above. Install now. Then come back here and refresh the page. WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A day after speaking at the United States Naval Academy graduation in Annapol ...

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Obama urges U.S. to

Source: MarketWatch  |   May 25 2013, 12:47pm CDT

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Irony Alert: Barack Obama, world’s greatest gun salesman

Source: Sister Toldjah  |   May 25 2013, 11:01am CDT

The United States is the most heavily armed nation in world history, and it seems we have President Barack Obama to thank for it. Before you ask: we’re not talking about the U.S. military, we’re talking about the firearms owned by the general populatio ...

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Obama rebalances his course on war

Source: The Washington Post  |   May 25 2013, 10:14am CDT

Ever since he declared his opposition to dumb wars, but not all wars, more than a decade ago, President Obama has wrestled with the practicalities of how to keep the country safe from terrorist threats while preserving civil liberties and constitution ...

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Obama: Assaults threaten strength of military

Source: MSNBC  |   May 25 2013, 9:45am CDT

>> this memorial day weekend president obama is paying tribute to men and women who have given their life in service but showing a spotlight on the growing problem of sexual assault and abuse in the armed services . kristen ...

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Jindal: Obama Scandals Product of Big Government, 'Bound to Happen'

Source: NewsMax  |   May 25 2013, 8:54am CDT

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal says the scandals facing President Obama are all interrelated and can be traced back to two fatal flaws in his philosophy – the unfettered growth of the federal government and a basic mistrust of the American people. “Th ...

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Obama sees terror threat reduced to pre-9/11 level

Source: Boston Herald  |   May 25 2013, 8:28am CDT

WASHINGTON — Some call it wishful thinking, but President Barack Obama has all but declared an end to the global war on terror. Obama isn't claiming final victory over extremists who still seek to kill Americans and other Westerners. Instead ...

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Obama sees terror threat reduced to pre-9/11 level

Source: Boston.com  |   May 25 2013, 8:12am CDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Some call it wishful thinking, but President Barack Obama has all but declared an end to the global war on terror. Obama is not claiming final victory over extremists who still seek to kill Americans ...

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Milbank: Civil liberties under assault by Obama administration

Source: The Columbian  |   May 25 2013, 8:06am CDT

There are various reasons you might not care about the Obama administration's spying on journalist James Rosen and labeling him an "aider and abettor and/or co-conspirator" in an espionage case. Liberals may not be particularly bothered be ...

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Obama Defeats All Pundit Estimates

Nov 7 2012, 10:03am CST | by

A landslide victory last night

Well, it is official. Barack Obama has been re-elected, marking the third president in a row to serve for the full two terms. This is the longest run of two-term presidencies in modern history. But what's more noteworthy is how Obama's victory surpassed even what many Democrats were predicting.

With more than 300 electoral votes, the only people whose words managed to ring true were the close advisers to Obama, who are obviously biased and will say whatever they need to in order to energize the party's electorate.

So how did it happen? First of all, Hurricane Sandy last week was an October surprise like no other. It forced all news attention away from the campaign at a time when Romney was surging in the polls. It also gave Obama a chance to appear presidential and he even garnered the praise of Republican governor Chris Christie from New Jersey.

Beyond that, though, there is the issue of the Electoral College. Obama barely squeaked victories in many swing states - states that could have easily also gone to Romney. So while it may look impressive to see Obama with more than 300 electoral votes next to Romney's 200 or so, the real story is that Obama won by a margin of just two percentage points in the popular vote.

Had those couple percentage points shifted in the other direction, it would have been a very different story this morning.

 

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