Obama Bus Tour

Obama, First Lady Tout Jobs Plan For Veterans In Virginia

AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 12.19.2011

NORTH CHESTERFIELD, Va. — President Barack Obama teamed up with his popular and personable wife Wednesday on the final leg of a three-day bus tr...

John McCain: Obama Bus Tour Is 'Wrong'

Posted 12.18.2011

Senator John McCain (R-Ariz.) continued his verbal onslaught against President Barack Obama's bus tour on Tuesday, blasting the three-day swing throug...

Obama's Reason For Bus Tour: 'I'm The President'

Posted 12.18.2011

By JULIE PACE, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JAMESTOWN, N.C. (AP) — President Barack Obama says he's touring Republican areas of North Carolina for a simp...

Equipment For Obama Tour Stolen

AP | DENA POTTER | Posted 12.18.2011

RICHMOND, Va. — At least no one left the keys to Air Force One in the ignition. In an egg-on-face moment for the government ahead of President ...

Obama Gets Back On The Bus For Tour Of Key Southern States

AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 12.16.2011

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is targeting vital North Carolina and Virginia this week, as he kicks off a three-day bus tour that is as mu...

Right Back Where We Started

Christian Nwachukwu, Jr. | Posted 10.24.2011

Christian Nwachukwu, Jr.

President Obama campaigned on the message "Change We Can Believe In" and, later, "Change We Need." Exactly 69,456,897 Americans voted for that "change," a change, it seems seldom remembered now, that requires something from us all.

Elijah Cummings: Obama Needs To 'Fight Harder' For Black Community

Posted 10.21.2011

Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), responding to the high unemployment rates in the black community, said that African-Americans feel President Barack Obam...

Obama Faces Liberal Backlash

AP | KEN THOMAS | Posted 10.19.2011

WASHINGTON — Liberals argue that he caved on the debt ceiling. Unions are upset over his handling of unemployment and labor issues. Hispanics br...

GOP Senator: 'Good Thing I Can't Pack A Gun On The Senate Floor'

Posted 10.18.2011

Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) blasted Congress for America's financial troubles and predicted that the debt ceiling agreement would unravel this fall, cal...

GOP Rep: Obama Riding In 'Darth Vader Bus'

Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 10.17.2011

U.S. Rep. Louis Gohmert (R-Texas) criticized President Barack Obama's bus tour of the Midwest during an appearance on Fox Business Tuesday night. T...

To Professional Writers Who Second-guess America's 'Story Teller In Chief': Knock It Off

David Murray | Posted 10.17.2011

David Murray

Despite what the writers of the world want to believe, an out-of-the-blue come-to-Jesus speech from President Obama would fail just as disastrously as Carter's now infamous "crisis-of-confidence speech."

Obama Holds Town Hall Meetings As Bus Tour Rolls On

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 10.17.2011

ALPHA, Ill. — Confronting the most public anxiety yet of his Midwestern tour, President Barack Obama sought Wednesday to reassure an audience in...

WATCH: Exchange Gets Heated Between Obama, Tea Partiers

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 10.16.2011

DECORAH, Iowa (AP/The Huffington Post) — President Barack Obama's Midwestern tour is offering a mix of offense and defense that signals both his gov...

Obama Speaks About Jobs, Economy

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 10.15.2011

DECORAH, Iowa — Hitting back against an emboldened GOP, President Barack Obama launched a rare direct attack Monday on the Republican presidenti...

Obama Expects To Get Earful Next Week

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 10.12.2011

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is expecting an earful from regular folks, including supporters, over their frustrations with Congress and s...