Sentences with phrase «obama ran for president»

The New Republic — When Barack Obama ran for president, he claimed that improving early childhood education would be a hallmark of his education reform agenda.

Democrats this year lack the kind of grassroots energy that drove huge turnout in 2008 when Barack Obama ran for president, an enthusiasm gap on display in the state's August 24 primary, when 1.25 million Republicans cast ballots in their gubernatorial primary compared with 900,000 Democrats who voted in their Senate primary.

«Hillary Clinton running for president twice has normalized — and the same with Barack Obama running for president — has normalized for children the idea that anybody can be president,» Fox said.

Not exact matches

This time, despite Schultz's denials, the announcement has triggered rampant speculation that Schultz, who is a fan of President Barack Obama and publicly supported Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, is preparing for a run for president of the United StatesPresident Barack Obama and publicly supported Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, is preparing for a run for president of the United Statespresident of the United States in 2020.

Benioff raised more than $ 500,000 for President Barack Obama's second term election, but also gave $ 10,000 to Paul Ryan's run for House before the Republican was named Mitt Romney's running mate in the 2012 election.

Even President Barack Obama — a slacker until he began running three miles a day as a young man — to this day makes time for 45 minute workouts before assuming his duties.

Romney unsuccessfully ran for president in 2008 before winning the GOP nomination in 2012, when he lost in the general election to incumbent President Barapresident in 2008 before winning the GOP nomination in 2012, when he lost in the general election to incumbent President BaraPresident Barack Obama.

The U.S. has told the British government that it would not repeat accusations that it had helped former U.S. President Barack Obama to spy on President Donald Trump when he was running for the White House.

«It's very, very, very quick for anyone who interacts with Slack to consider Slack, the entity, their friend,» says Reed, who ran technology for President Obama's 2012 campaign before starting Modest.

The Military Times over the weekend quoted the Center for Military Readiness President Elaine Donnelly, who runs a military advocacy group, as endorsing the «rolling back» of some of President Barack Obama's military personnel reforms.

It was also the fastest rate of growth since the third quarter of 2014, and pundits are already declaring the headline number as good news for Hillary Clinton, who is running a campaign that promises a continuation of President Barack Obama» economic policies.

Throughout the campaign, Obama's team has used cutting - edge technology mostly as an organizing tool, but also partly to reinforce the theme of «change» that has been the hallmark of the senator's run for president.

«It's much more complicated,» says Karen Mills, who ran President Barack Obama's Small Business Administration until 2013, and who remains a passionate advocate for increasing credit access to small - business owners.

Valerie Jarrett, who is President Obama's longest serving senior adviser and runs his Office for Public Engagement, told me later, «I was impressed with the number of executives who highlighted their recognition that diversity is a strength and who shared their best practices with us.»

The «Late Night» host, who has been a very vocal critic of Trump, said his and President Barack Obama's mocking comments at the 2011 White House Correspondents» Association Dinner regarding Trump's potential for a presidential run stoked the businessman's decision to throw his hat in the ring.

When the stock market started a bull run later in Obama's term, the air was taken out of the idea that the president was to blame for the dip, especially since none of his fiscal policies changed.

In addressing the trade imbalance with China, Mr. Trump addressed an issue that has been a focus of his speeches going back to 2011, when he considered running for president when President Obama was seeking re-president when President Obama was seeking re-President Obama was seeking re-election.

For eight years Russia «ran over» President Obama, got stronger and stronger, picked - off Crimea and...

In interviews and statements, Jacobs, at 29 the youngest candidate running to represent the coastal district in northern San Diego County, has said she was a «policy maker» who worked for the State Department under President Barack Obama.

I do believe that President Obama, he does hold the office, did it in purpose, but it was so the lunk heads running for president would take President Obama, he does hold the office, did it in purpose, but it was so the lunk heads running for president would take president would take the bait.

If Obama knows what his faith is, he shouldn't have to prove that to anyone (now that he is president, vs just running for president).

Hey Sussan, where were you when Obama was running for President.

Not because I think he is a good Christian, in fact, given his knowledge of Satan's inner thoughts, he is likely to sit on his (Satan's) right hand side (a.k.a. the anti-Christ) but because if he is nominated, President Obama, the only true Christian amongst those running for the office of the Presidency of the United States in 2012, will win in a landslide.

President Obama has seen people who politicize faith attack him since he first ran for election.

Obama's cousin Odinga in Kenya ran for president and tried to get Sharia Muslim law in place there.

You're telling me that for the 1st time we have a mormon running for President but we're still here wondering whether OBAMA is the right type of Christian??

So, President Obama's increase in giving coincident with his running for higher office is to be spun as a crass political move, but Santorum's failure to increase his giving while he runs for higher office is be lauded, because when caught he expresses that he needs to «do better», and thus «takes it seriously».

The libs weren't interested in religion one little bit when Obama was running for president.

As to Obama's christianity, he gave an interview, I believe to a Chicago paper before he ran for president.

Think about the fact that your candidates have spent millions of dollars for the right to run against President Barack Obama.

I wish people would have paid this much attention to Obama's religion when he was running for President.

President Obama will have another great 4 years, and then Hillary or Biden will run this great nation for 8 more years.

The Washington Post: Mormons, African Americans face substantial prejudice, poll finds Substantial prejudice still exists for both Mormons and African Americans, despite shifting views on both groups since Barack Obama and Mitt Romney first ran for president four years ago.

In the interim, he has run the Merchandise Mart, chaired the board of the Greater Chicago Food Depository and considered a run for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by President Barack Obama.

Republicans — both in the U.S. Senate and those running for president — have insisted Scalia's seat should be filled by the next occupant of the White House and not Obama, who remains in office for another 11 months.

That total is nearly 60,000 votes higher than the previous record of 183,672 set by Sen. Chuck Schumer in 2010 (Gillibrand, who was running to fill the remaining two years in the term of her predecessor, Hillary Clinton, received 182,624 on the WFP line that year), and approximately 80,000 over the party's highest 2008 statewide total, which was 159,613 for President Obama.

Who knows for sure, but some commentators were happy to fit the moment into a running media theme about Obama — that he's too young and too pretty to be President of the United States.

Blake, a Bronx lawmaker and former aide to President Barack Obama, is running for the post for the first time.

After announcing Sunday he is running for the Republican presidential nomination to take on President Barack Obama in the 2012 election, Pawlenty is trailing in national polls which put him in about fifth or sixth place among Republican challengers.

In 2000, President Obama ran for Congress against incumbent Democrat Bobby Rush.

«Democrat Jack Davis also endorsed Barack Obama for President and took $ 6,000 from him during one of Davis» runs as a Democrat.

Still, same - sex marriage and LGBT issues in general have not received much oxygen this election cycle, despite President Obama say this summer he now favored marriage rights for gay couples and a record number of gay and lesbian candidates running for public office.

Just two months after curb stomping venture capitalist Sean Edlridge by 30 almost points in a district that President Obama won twice, Chris Gibson will announce today that he won't run for re-election in 2016.

Alumni of the Obama administration are heeding their former boss» call to get in the game themselves and run for office in response the election of President Donald Trump and to continue what the former presidentPresident Donald Trump and to continue what the former presidentpresident started.

Gibson, meanwhile, announced this month he will not seek a fourth term in Congress and has raised the possibility of a statewide run, which most political observers believe is a signal he will run for governor after representing a district that backed President Obama in 2012.

Cuomo's successful first session as governor has fueled speculation he would run for president in 2016, when either Obama is term limited out of office or a Republican incumbent is running for a second term.

Cuomo, who has raised his profile by increasing his travel, hiring a number of aides who worked for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama and pushing a number of liberal positions, has not signaled that he is running for president but has also seemed happy to see the rumors float about.

Michael Blake, a former top political operative for President Obama, is strongly considering a run for the newly open Assembly seat (that used to belong to Eric Stevenson) in the Bronx.

3) Most importantly 8 Years on Obama - hagel will make Hagel too old to run for president keeping core democratic base happy.

West Virginia (D): Beyond the recent spats over «hicky» ads, pink marble driveways and Second - Amendment remedies to cap - and - trade legislation, this race remains close for one main reason: Gov. Joe Manchin (D), while popular among voters, is running in a state where President Obama and national Democrats remain deeply unpopular.