Audacity of Hope

The Promise of Hope

Posted 03.29.2012

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HuffPost has commissioned a series of satirical videos that will call attention to the contradictions between Campaigning Obama and Governing Obama. (...

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Jason Linkins

Daily Caller Has 'Exclusive' Report On Old News

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.29.2011

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The Daily Caller has an "exclusive" report Tuesday that sounds an awful lot like an "exclusive" report from many, many years ago, but here goes: Presi...

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The Need for Austerity and Audacity

Ed Crego, George Muñoz and Frank Islam | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Jobs, Congress, Debt Ceiling, Economic Crisis, Audacity of Hope, President Obama, Austerity, Unemployment, Politics News
Ed Crego, George Muñoz and Frank Islam

Just as Congress needs to implement an austerity agenda targeted on budget cutting and expense reduction, it needs to implement an audacity agenda targeted on growth, revenue generation and individual economic well-being.

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America's Rorschach President?

Charles Kolb | Posted 10.15.2011

Read More: Politics, Fiscal Policy, Obama Reelection, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Obama Autobiography, Autobiography, Audacity of Hope, President Obama, Jimmy Carter, Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance, The Presidency, Obama Approval, Politics News
Charles Kolb

Reagan, Roosevelt, and Johnson were "conviction" presidents. They knew what they wanted to do as leaders. Barack Obama's rise to the presidency reflects an altogether different experience.

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Gaza Boat Captain Released From Greek Custody

AP | Posted 09.04.2011

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PIRAEUS, Greece (AP) — A Greek court has released from custody the American captain of a boat participating in an international flotilla aiming to b...

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Greece Arrests Gaza-Bound Boat Captain

Associated Press | Posted 09.01.2011

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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Authorities in Greece say they have arrested the captain of a boat that was to be part of a Gaza-bound flotilla trying to deli...

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Gaza-Bound Boats Barred From Leaving Greek Ports

AP | CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA | Posted 08.31.2011

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ATHENS, Greece — American protesters on a boat bound for the Gaza Strip were escorted back to shore Friday, as Greece announced it was banning v...

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An Open Letter to U.S. Senator Mark Kirk

Kathy Kelly | Posted 08.29.2011

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Kathy Kelly

Senator Kirk, we are your constituents. It's not too late for you to acknowledge that your earlier call for military action against us jeopardizes our safety and to reverse your claim which insinuates that we are dangerous people.

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Why We Must Sail to Gaza

Robert Naiman | Posted 07.13.2011

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Robert Naiman

A year ago, activists tried to break the blockade of Gaza with an international flotilla of ships. They failed. Now an even larger flotilla is preparing to set sail in June. And when the Audacity of Hope sets sail, I will be on it.

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Ignite Your Passion and Change the World

Michael J. McCarthy | Posted 06.07.2011

Read More: Citizenship, Voting, Sprituality, Vision, Prison Reform, Immigration, Action, Volunteerism, Our Roles in Society, Participation, Civics, Social Reform, Hope, Motivation, Drive, Passion, Proactive Posture, Audacity of Hope, Change, Latino Community, Denver News
Michael J. McCarthy

Last summer, Latinos were in the streets protesting what they seen as unfair immigration laws. They played a proactive role in rectifying an injustice. Why aren't the rest of us?

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From the Audacity of Hope to Timid and Kvetchy

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Change, President Obama, Hope, Afghan War, Audacity of Hope, Health Care Reform, Jobs, Afghanistan, Hillary Clinton, Republican Party, Health Care, Barack Obama, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

It is strange that a candidate who was able to read voters so well has become a president who seems to think citizens simply want legislation. Voters don't care about legislation; they care about outcomes.

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Obama Children's Book `Of Thee I Sing' Out Nov. 16

AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Coming two weeks after Election Day, a book from President Barack Obama for some of the nation's nonvoters: inspirational stories for...

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Beck and Gerecht Call for Spanish Inquisition, American-style

Philip Smucker | Posted 05.25.2011

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Philip Smucker

By almost any sane man's litmus test -- it is America's role as a moderator in the Middle East and not as an inquisitor at home that will promote peace and undermine "global terrorism."

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Tax Day Showed Obama's Book Sales Bolstered His $5.5 Million Income

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Thanks to revived book sales after he became president, Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, made $5.5 million last year. They paid...

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Take One for the Team, Alexi

Matt Farmer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Matt Farmer

Dear Alexi, You've played plenty of hoops over the years, so you of all people should know when it's time to pull yourself out of the ball game.

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New Yorker Editor David Remnick's Obama Biography Too Soft On The President?

Bloomberg | Jeffrey Burke | Posted 05.25.2011

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Some have seen Barack Obama as shape-shifter, world-class networker, memoirist, savior or putz. In "The Bridge," David Remnick, editor of the New Yor...

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Members of Congress Have Violated Their Oath of Office

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Judge H. Lee Sarokin

All members of Congress take an oath that includes these words: "I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter." Most -- maybe all -- have violated that pledge.

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Harper's Editor Hodge Fired Now Shopping Obama Book Proposal

The Observer | Molly Fischer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Just a week after being unceremoniously ousted as the editor of Harper's Magazine, Roger Hodge has a book proposal out on submission from Jin Auh at t...

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Obama's Quagmire of Ambiguity

Tony Blankley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tony Blankley

If the president is to save his presidency from a fatal weakening, he needs promptly to work through his inner dialogue and resolve the contesting urge to be loved with the urge to be true to himself.

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An Open Letter to the President: It's Time for Change, Not Spending Freezes

Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mitchell Bard

It's time to be bold, Mr. President. Where is that audacity of hope? It's time to introduce a bold jobs-creation bill, and to replace your Wall Street-stained economic team members.

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Inauguration Anniversary: Obama Books Then And Now (PHOTOS, POLL)

The Huffington Post | Amy Hertz and Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 05.25.2011

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Obama books started with the president himself launched onto the literary scene through the strength of his own writing and his spellbinding speech at...

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It's Time for Audacity, Mr. President

Stephen H. Dinan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stephen H. Dinan

Dear President Obama: Be audacious again. Give us more of the Obama we fell in love with.

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A Paucity of Hope

Gerald Sindell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gerald Sindell

Hope was intrinsically too big a promise to run on. Hope unleashes dreams of the beautiful, while politics by its nature can only deliver the truly ugly and barely functioning compromise.

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Mr. President, Can the Ghosts of Vietnam Talk You Down?

Dan Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dan Siegel

Dear Mr. President: It is stunning to me that a humane and discerning mind like yours is being dragged further into an unnecessary and unwinnable war. Please listen to your inner compass.

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Game Change? Well, This (Political) Junkie May Have Shot Up for the Last Time

Rebecca Sive | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rebecca Sive

So, having just returned from what might be the thousandth political fundraiser I've attended in my (political) junkie life, I'm thinking: Why am I at this again, in 2010, of all years?

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