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Obama Speaking On Key Issue To Young Voters

AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 04.25.2012

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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Courting college voters, President Barack Obama said Tuesday that Congress needs to keep the cost of college loans from skyr...

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Obama's NCAA Tournament Bracket Revealed

Posted 03.14.2012

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President Barack Obama revealed his bracket predictions for the 2012 NCAA Tournament with ESPN's Andy Katz. Having already unveiled his Final Four pic...

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Obama Makes Urgent Appeal In Swing State

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 05.07.2012

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MOUNT HOLLY, N.C. — President Barack Obama on Wednesday made his most urgent appeal yet for the nation to wean itself from oil, calling it a "fu...

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Equipment For Obama Tour Stolen

AP | DENA POTTER | Posted 12.18.2011

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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 ...

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Obama Campaigns In Key 2012 States On New Jobs Strategy

AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 12.17.2011

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FLETCHER, N.C. — Rolling through small Southern towns in a campaign-style bus, President Barack Obama on Monday pressed lawmakers back in Washin...

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

AP | JULIE PACE | Posted 12.16.2011

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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...

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Obama Fights Back

Michael Carmichael | Posted 11.14.2011

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While Obama shook hands along the rope-line, every mind and heart in Reynolds, North Carolina realized that the president was back in the race.

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Obama Takes Jobs Bill Pitch To North Carolina

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 11.14.2011

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RALEIGH, N.C. — President Barack Obama urged enthusiastic college students Wednesday to join him in his fight to get Congress to act on his new ...

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Looking For Jobs In All The Wrong Places

Dan Rather | Posted 08.17.2011

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In Washington, business leaders and lawmakers have been pushing to ease visa rules and caps. And across the country, high-tech workers -- both foreign and domestic -- are seeing the notion of job security give way to a brutal contest of survival.

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Obama Unveils New Jobs Proposals In North Carolina

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 08.13.2011

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DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- Beset by a grim employment picture, President Barack Obama on Monday pledged to ease the way for businesses to expand hiring and ...

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The Primary Day Ritual

Al Giordano | Posted 05.25.2011

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The media talking heads will ask aloud why Obama can't "close the deal" (in Clinton's own words) and what is numerically a defeat for Clinton will get spun as a Clinton victory.

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Axelrod Outlines The 2012 Map: Where We Competed In '08, 'We're Competitive Again'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Even before the Obama administration announced that the next Democratic National Convention would be held in Charlotte, N.C., the presid...

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Elaine Marshall, Senate Candidate: I Haven't Decided Whether I Want Obama To Campaign With Me

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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UPDATED BELOW For the second time in as many weeks, a Democratic Senate candidate in a tough election race has expressed skittishness about campaig...

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Obamas' Date Weekend! First Couple Takes Off For North Carolina

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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*Keep checking back for updated photos.* Updated pool reports below: UPDATE 7:00 PM: AF1 and POTUS touched down at Andrews at 7:04 pm eastern. PO...

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Obarbecue! Obamas Grab Ribs In North Carolina (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Obarbecue! Obamas Grab Ribs In North Carolina

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Obama Vacation: First Family To Visit Asheville, North Carolina

Posted 05.25.2011

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The Obamas will be taking a spring vacation in Asheville, North Carolina next weekend, according to the White House. According to Asheville's Citiz...

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North Carolina Called For Obama

AP | MIKE BAKER and BARBARA RODRIGUEZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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RALEIGH, N.C. — President-elect Obama won North Carolina on Thursday, a triumph that underscored his political strength as he turned nine states...

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GOTV in North Carolina: Labor Takes a Lead

Elana Levin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Last week one of the Change to Win volunteers was outside a polling place and a woman in line called out her name. "Erin! I'm in line here to vote because of you!"

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Obama On Grandmother And Campaign: "Bittersweet"

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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In what was clearly a very difficult portion of his address Monday night in North Carolina, Barack Obama spoke for several minutes on this grandmother...

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First-Time North Carolina Voters Confused By Straight-Ticket Ballots

Kelly Nuxoll | Posted 05.25.2011

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In North Carolina, where voters can register and cast their ballots on the same day during early voting, Obama volunteers have been bringing first-tim...

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Michelle Obama Rallies and Reassures Influential North Carolina Baptists

Kelly Nuxoll | Posted 05.25.2011

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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. -- While her husband rallied more than 10,000 people sixty miles away in Raleigh, Michelle Obama swooped into Fayetteville on Wedne...

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Poll: Obama Up In Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio

Time | Posted 05.25.2011

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With less than a week of campaigning left, Democrat Barack Obama is holding stable or growing leads over Republican John McCain in Nevada, North Carol...

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What Political Malpractice Looks Like (The B Team That Ran The McCain Campaign Into The Ground)

Mark Nickolas | Posted 05.25.2011

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We'll have plenty of time to dissect this pig after November 4th, but I wanted to get a head start on some of the most egregious acts of political malpractice I have ever seen at this level of politics in my life.

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Go figure: Barrackville Trends Obama

Christina Bellantoni | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Barrackville, WV voters were great examples of what we found everywhere -- growing support for Obama as people figure out how to make ends meet.

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If You Experience An Election Lasting More Than...

Alison Teal | Posted 05.25.2011

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The debates are over but the campaign goes on and on... and on. We need it to be over, but there's still so much to be done. And will it even be over when it's over?

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