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Category: Barack Obama

  • Obama’s second victory is more low key, but in some ways more impressive

    Obama’s second victory is more low key, but in some ways more impressive The Guardian London, England 2012-11-07 Gary Younge, Feature Writer and Columnist The euphoria of 2008 has gone, but the US president’s second win is remarkable precisely because it is not as symbolic Harold Davies didn’t cry this time. Four years ago when…

  • No longer your father’s electorate

    No longer your father’s electorate Los Angeles Times 2012-11-08 Paul West, Washington Bureau Obama’s reelection marks a turning point in American politics: With the growing power of minorities, women and gays, it’s the end of the world as straight white males know it. WASHINGTON — Even more than the election that made Barack Obama the…

  • For many blacks, Obama’s reelection cements his legacy

    For many blacks, Obama’s reelection cements his legacy The Washington Post 2012-11-07 Wil Haygood and DeNeen Brown President Obama’s reelection — in a ferocious campaign dotted by charges of racial anger and minority-voter suppression — has provided what many blacks say will surely deepen his legacy: irrefutable evidence that his presidency is hardly a historical…

  • Barack Obama: Let’s not forget that he’s America’s first bi-racial president

    Barack Obama: Let’s not forget that he’s America’s first bi-racial president The Washington Post 2012-11-08 Clinton Yates If I’m lucky enough to have children, I won’t tell them that Barack Obama was America’s first black president. As a black man who plans to eventually start a family with my white girlfriend, I’m going to tell…

  • Obama makes history, again

    Obama makes history, again Cable News Network 2012-11-08 Moni Basu, CNN (CNN) — A black man is returning to the White House.   Four years ago, it was a first, the breaking of a racial barrier. Tuesday night, it was history redux.   And more.   In the midst of national splintering and a time…

  • 1st Black President Wins a 2nd Term

    1st Black President Wins a 2nd Term The Root 2012-11-07 Keli Goff, Political Correspondent Here’s who gave it to President Obama, and what he might do with it. (The Root) — Four years after making history by becoming the first black president elected in the United States, Barack Obama has been elected to a second…

  • Viva Obama! – How Spain Views The US Elections

    Viva Obama! – How Spain Views The US Elections International Business Times 2012-11-06 Palash R. Ghosh Spain, reeling from a paralyzing economic crisis that has thrown one-quarter of the workforce onto the streets and crippling budget cuts, may not have its full attention upon Tuesday’s presidential elections. However, given the widespread approval of Barack Obama…

  • Barack Obama Reelection Signals Rise Of New America

    Barack Obama Reelection Signals Rise Of New America The Huffington Post 2012-11-07 Howard Fineman NEW YORK—President Barack Obama did not just win reelection tonight. His victory signaled the irreversible triumph of a new, 21st-century America: multiracial, multi-ethnic, global in outlook and moving beyond centuries of racial, sexual, marital and religious tradition. Obama, the mixed-race son…

  • Rejuvenated Obama reelected as president after bruising campaign

    Rejuvenated Obama reelected as president after bruising campaign The Washington Post 2011-11-07 David A. Fahrenthold Barack Obama was elected to a second presidential term Tuesday, defeating Republican Mitt Romney by reassembling the political coalition that boosted him to victory four years ago and remaking himself from a hopeful uniter into a determined fighter for middle-class…

  • Divided U.S. Gives Obama More Time

    Divided U.S. Gives Obama More Time The New York Times 2012-11-06 Jeff Zeleny and Jim Rutenberg Barack Hussein Obama was re-elected president of the United States on Tuesday, overcoming powerful economic headwinds, a lock-step resistance to his agenda by Republicans in Congress and an unprecedented torrent of advertising as a divided nation voted to give…