Barack Obama
Some presidents do well face-to-face with the public and the media, and others — particularly President George W. Bush — strike fear in the heart of their handlers when they take to the podium.
President Barack Obama made his way to the presidency in part with the ability to speak eloquently, extemporaneously and charismatically.
May 7, 2010 — “A Dream Fulfilled? Race, Citizenship, and the Presidential Election of 2008,” hosted by Colonial Williamsburg. Introduction: Colin G. Campbell, President and CEO of Colonial Williamsburg.
Panelists: David Blight, Yale University; Rex Ellis, Smithsonian Institution; Annette Gordon-Reed, New York Law School; Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Princeton University; L. Douglas Wilder, former Virginia Governor. Moderator Barbara Hamm Lee, journalist.
May 7, 2010 — “A Dream Fulfilled? Race, Citizenship, and the Presidential Election of 2008,” hosted by Colonial Williamsburg. Introduction: Colin G. Campbell, President and CEO of Colonial Williamsburg.
Panelists: David Blight, Yale University; Rex Ellis, Smithsonian Institution; Annette Gordon-Reed, New York Law School; Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Princeton University; L. Douglas Wilder, former Virginia Governor. Moderator Barbara Hamm Lee, journalist.
May 7, 2010 — “A Dream Fulfilled? Race, Citizenship, and the Presidential Election of 2008,” hosted by Colonial Williamsburg. Introduction: Colin G. Campbell, President and CEO of Colonial Williamsburg.
Panelists: David Blight, Yale University; Rex Ellis, Smithsonian Institution; Annette Gordon-Reed, New York Law School; Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Princeton University; L. Douglas Wilder, former Virginia Governor. Moderator Barbara Hamm Lee, journalist.
May 7, 2010 — “A Dream Fulfilled? Race, Citizenship, and the Presidential Election of 2008,” hosted by Colonial Williamsburg. Introduction: Colin G. Campbell, President and CEO of Colonial Williamsburg.
Panelists: David Blight, Yale University; Rex Ellis, Smithsonian Institution; Annette Gordon-Reed, New York Law School; Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Princeton University; L. Douglas Wilder, former Virginia Governor. Moderator Barbara Hamm Lee, journalist.
May 7, 2010 — “A Dream Fulfilled? Race, Citizenship, and the Presidential Election of 2008,” hosted by Colonial Williamsburg. Introduction: Colin G. Campbell, President and CEO of Colonial Williamsburg.
Panelists: David Blight, Yale University; Rex Ellis, Smithsonian Institution; Annette Gordon-Reed, New York Law School; Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Princeton University; L. Douglas Wilder, former Virginia Governor. Moderator Barbara Hamm Lee, journalist.
May 7, 2010 — “A Dream Fulfilled? Race, Citizenship, and the Presidential Election of 2008,” hosted by Colonial Williamsburg. Introduction: Colin G. Campbell, President and CEO of Colonial Williamsburg.
Panelists: David Blight, Yale University; Rex Ellis, Smithsonian Institution; Annette Gordon-Reed, New York Law School; Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Princeton University; L. Douglas Wilder, former Virginia Governor. Moderator Barbara Hamm Lee, journalist.
May 7, 2010 — “A Dream Fulfilled? Race, Citizenship, and the Presidential Election of 2008,” hosted by Colonial Williamsburg. Introduction: Colin G. Campbell, President and CEO of Colonial Williamsburg.
Panelists: David Blight, Yale University; Rex Ellis, Smithsonian Institution; Annette Gordon-Reed, New York Law School; Melissa Harris-Lacewell, Princeton University; L. Douglas Wilder, former Virginia Governor. Moderator Barbara Hamm Lee, journalist.
President Barack Obama must start every day wondering what could go wrong next.
His list of priorities includes two wars, a fierce battle over heath care, a struggling economy, a grim forecast for the midterm elections and questions about security — his during White House parties and the nation’s with regard to terrorists who manage to slip through all levels of protection with bomb-filled britches.
The political soap opera involving impeached Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich caused a ripple effect in the U.S. Senate.
Blagojevich was governor when it was time to replace President Barack Obama in the Senate. Despite advice, warnings and political threats to not make an appointment to Obama’s vacated Senate seat, Blagojevich did.
