Obama In Allentown: Hamburgers, Metal Workers And Babies

President Obama was in Allentown, Pennsylvania Thursday to talk about the economy and meet local workers, job seekers and business owners. See the best photos from the trip and vote for your favorite:

Obama greets a baby as he arrives to deliver remarks on the economy at Lehigh Carbon Community College.

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[ThermoChemist]

06:45 PM on 12/06/2009

Not to be outdone; McCain and "babies"...

http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/2008/10/08-15/1007mccain-tongue-baby.jpg
http://www.appletreeblog.com/wp-content/2008/11/mccain-demon.jpg
http://www.bellaciao.org/en/IMG/jpg/mccain_hugs_bush.jpg


Babies For McCain (SLIDESHOW)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/21/babies-for-mccain-slidesh_n_136595.html

[lonemoderate]

11:21 PM on 12/05/2009

Judging from his expression, that baby is voting Republican in 2012.

[DocSyracuse]

07:46 PM on 12/05/2009

How about less photos. More jobs. Thanks, O.

[ywcachieve]

12:32 PM on 12/06/2009

I knew the negative would pop up. The more jobs are created, the more you would look for something negative to throw in there.

[mapmaker515]

02:41 PM on 12/05/2009

Great first photo of Obama greeting Michael Steele who also happened to be in Allentown.

[CaptainStormfield]

12:00 PM on 12/05/2009

Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley are in the top 10 list of Obama's
campaign contributors.

[texhall00]

11:37 AM on 12/05/2009

I love love love our President.

[sweetwhine]

12:11 PM on 12/05/2009

I love love love him too!

[HoosierRadical]

04:33 PM on 12/05/2009

Me too.

[DollyLama1964]

11:28 AM on 12/05/2009

Is he going to visit all 57 states?

[mercymercyme]

12:00 PM on 12/05/2009

He's waiting for you to go first.

[ByeByeBushie]

05:11 PM on 12/05/2009

Touché.

[LeAnn Cammack]

11:04 PM on 12/05/2009

yuk, yuk, yuk. yeah, that was cute.

how about this one: "the fundamentals of our economy are strong"

Guess which gaffe is more relevant?

[mero909]

11:16 AM on 12/05/2009

Nice pictures. I like the first one.

[Petey131]

11:06 AM on 12/05/2009

It's so cool to see /T/R/O/L/L heads burst with envy.....

Thank you President Obama!

I am proud to be an American, again!

[DollyLama1964]

11:28 AM on 12/05/2009

Is that you, Michelle?

[yankee222]

10:43 AM on 12/05/2009

Main Street gets a goofy smile and a handshake while Wall Street gets hundred of billions of dollars.

[Petey131]

11:02 AM on 12/05/2009

Yankee go home!

[HoosierRadical]

04:34 PM on 12/05/2009

Sad but true.

[Gatormouth]

10:38 AM on 12/05/2009

In the absence of a reversal of "Free Trade" policies and tax restrictions on profits exported as foreign investment any meaningful new manufacturing jobs created here will evaporate and trickle down abroad. It's like pouring sand into a sieve. In addition, our government has to check the power of international corporations, the Fed, and the Chamber of Commerce. The latter bears a striking resemblance to the Chamber of Fasci and Corporations of 1940 Italy. When will we get it that an international corporation is not an American one by definition! Their financial success is not bound to the welfare of our nation. What's good for GM may not, after all, be good for the country!

[CaptainStormfield]

11:58 AM on 12/05/2009

Dam Gator... You have to be telling the truth. Especially on this board.

[CaptainStormfield]

11:59 AM on 12/05/2009

Correction.. Be Careful telling the truth..

[AspenSyzygy]

10:17 AM on 12/05/2009

Obama is doing the same thing he did during the campaign - give speeches listing all the problems with the country.

He just did that in Allentown - "Americans can't wait for jobs".

Well duh. Thanks for telling us.

Over and over and over and over and over.

Sorta knew that during the campaign. We still know that.

Wonder if anyone is going to do something about it ...

[grata2ude]

11:44 AM on 12/06/2009

You give me one example of what the previous administration did to stave off the jobs losses in their last four years. If you can do that then I'll think you have something important to say.

[BocaMom]

09:59 AM on 12/05/2009

So tired of his photo ops! How I wish he would actually do something about the economy and unemployment. The President and Congress have done absolutely nothing this past year about fixing it. And now, there are 30 million Americans out of work! We voted for a change for the better. But so far, it's only been worse.

[anothervoice]

10:07 AM on 12/05/2009

They don't have newspapers in Boca? Put down the frappuccino and pick up a Miami Herald.

Honestly BocaMom, You need to get out more.

[Furby2]

10:42 AM on 12/05/2009

Any suggestions?

[SiberianRat]

08:08 AM on 12/05/2009

Those were great. It's nice to have such an expressive, photogenic president. Whether one agrees with his policies or not, I think he wears his humanity a bit more out there, which to me is a good leadership quality.

[AspenSyzygy]

10:18 AM on 12/05/2009

It is better to look good than to feel good. Or do anything substantial.

[Petey131]

11:04 AM on 12/05/2009

Thus is Aspens life.

[laborgrunt]

08:05 AM on 12/05/2009

Oops, I meant to say, "I know you can't do that alone"