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Marie McKinney student at n/a Romney is a weapon of mass distraction, surely the republican's can do better, what are they really doing while Mitt distracts us. We have to remember that even the president has a boss/es, to control that position would ensure republican rule next presidential election. I'm just sayin', don't believe the hype. It's happened before! I am proud to say that I was blessed to be able to attend the Inauguration in 2008. I'm sure all of the Black Leaders from the past who fought for this are very proud of Barack and Michelle. Monday, November 5th 2012 at 12:38PM

Will Moss Founder & CEO at HBCU CONNECT, LLC I think it will be a closer race than the last election but I feel Obama will pull it off again, hopefully. Monday, November 5th 2012 at 1:55PM

DAVID JOHNSON BROTHER KNOWLEDGE at THE BOOKS If you're one of those who thinks President Obama is a "disappointment," my condolences that you didn't get your unicorn. But it's time to grow up and get over it. You can either work for Obama and every other Democrat (yes, including Blue Dogs), or you can sit back and watch Willard Romney complete the job of taking apart the social fabric of the country that was first undertaken by Ronald Reagan 32 years ago. That is your choice, In 2008, the United States witnessed the people take its government back from ideological tyranny, greed, and anti-intellectualism. The election of President Barack Obama was a worldwide event — a signal to the world that America, at last, had overcome it’s last taboo (at least publicly), race. Graveyards all over America with generations of three centuries of racialized pasts either roared, “Finally,” or rolled over in amazement that this could happen here of all places . - See more at: http://www.laprogressive.com/one-year-late... ECONOMY Progress The President signed the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The President announced the "Making Home Affordable" home refinancing plan. The President launched a $15 billion plan to boost lending to small businesses. The President and Secretary Geithner announced the details of the Financial Stability Plan. President Obama played a lead role in G-20 Summit that produced a $1.1 trillion deal to combat the global financial crisis. The President signed the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act which gives the federal government more tools to investigate and prosecute fraud, from lending to the financial system, and creates a bipartisan Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission to investigate the financial practices that brought us to this point. The President signed the Helping Families Save Their Homes Act, expanding on the Making Home Affordable Program to help millions of Americans avoid preventable foreclosures, providing $2.2 billion to help combat homelessness , and helping to stabilize the housing market for everybody. The President signed the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure (CARD) Act to protect Americans from unfair and deceptive credit card practices. DEFENSE Progress Renewed dialogue with NATO and other allies and partners on strategic issues. Announced a plan to responsibly end the war in Iraq. Developed a comprehensive new strategy on Afghanistan and Pakistan and authorized deployment of more than 21,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan. Announced creation of a Joint Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record for members of the U.S. Armed Forces to improve quality of medical care. DISABILITY Progress The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act included a number of provisions of particular concern to people with disabilities. The Act included $500 million to help the Social Security Administration reduce its backlog in processing disability applications. The Act supplied $12.2 billion in funding to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA); The Act also provided $87 billion to states to bolster their Medicaid programs during the downturn; and, The Act provided over $500 million in funding for vocational rehabilitation services to help with job training, education and placement. CIVIL RIGHTS Progress The President signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, restoring basic protections against pay discrimination for women and other workers. EDUCATION Progress The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act invested heavily in education both as a way to provide jobs now and lay the foundation for long-term prosperity. The Act includes $5 billion for early learning programs, including Head Start, Early Head Start, child care, and programs for children with special needs. The Act also provides $77 billion for reforms to strengthen elementary and secondary education, including $48.6 billion to stabilize state education budgets (of which $8.8 billion may be used for other government services) and to encourage states to: Make improvements in teacher effectiveness and ensure that all schools have highly-qualified teachers; Make progress toward college and career-ready standards and rigorous assessments that will improve both teaching and learning; Improve achievement in low-performing schools, through intensive support and effective interventions; and Gather information to improve student learning, teacher performance, and college and career readiness through enhanced data systems. The Act provides $5 billion in competitive funds to spur innovation and chart ambitious reform to close the achievement gap. The Act includes over $30 billion to address college affordability and improve access to higher education. ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT "So we have a choice to make. We can remain one of the world's leading importers of foreign oil, or we can make the investments that would allow us to become the world's leading exporter of renewable energy. We can let climate change continue to go unchecked, or we can help stop it. We can let the jobs of tomorrow be created abroad, or we can create those jobs right here in America and lay the foundation for lasting prosperity." -President Obama, March 19, 2009 Progress The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act included more than $60 billion in clean energy investments that will jump-start our economy and build the clean energy jobs of tomorrow: $11 billion for a bigger, better, and smarter grid that will move renewable energy from the rural places it is produced to the cities where it is mostly used, as well as for 40 million smart meters to be deployed in American homes. $5 billion for low-income home weatherization projects. $4.5 billion to green federal buildings and cut our energy bill, saving taxpayers billions of dollars. $6.3 billion for state and local renewable energy and energy efficiency efforts. $600 million in green job training programs – $100 million to expand line worker training programs and $500 million for green workforce training. $2 billion in competitive grants to develop the next generation of batteries to store energy. Increasing, for the first time in more than a decade, the fuel economy standards for Model Year 2011 for cars and trucks so they will get better mileage, saving drivers money and spurring companies to develop more innovative products. The President issued a memorandum to the Department of Energy to implement more aggressive efficiency standards for common household appliances, like dishwashers and refrigerators. Through this step, over the next three decades, we’ll save twice the amount of energy produced by all the coal-fired power plants in America in any given year. Supporting the first steps of a legally-binding treaty to reduce mercury emissions worldwide. On Earth Day 2009, the President unveiled a program to develop the renewable energy projects on the waters of our Outer Continental Shelf that produce electricity from wind, wave, and ocean currents. These regulations will enable, for the first time ever, the nation to tap into our ocean’s vast sustainable resources to generate clean energy in an environmentally sound and safe manner. FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY Progress The President signed an Executive Order on government contracting to fight waste and abuse. The President launched Recovery.gov to track spending from the Recovery Act, an unprecedented step to provide transparency and accountability through technology. The President wrote to the congressional leadership calling on them to pass statutory Pay-As-You-Go rules so that any new non-emergency tax cut or entitlement expansion offset in the budget. The President signed the Weapons Systems Acquisition Reform Act to stop fraud and wasteful spending in the defense procurement and contracting system. FOREIGN POLICY Progress Ordered the closure of the prison at Guantanamo Bay and a review of our detention and interrogation policy, and prohibited the use of torture. Appointed Special Envoys for Climate Change, Southwest Asia, the Middle East, Sudan, and a Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. Announced a plan to responsibly end the War in Iraq. Announced a new strategy for Pakistan and Afghanistan. Announced a strategy to address the international nuclear threat. Agreed to negotiation of a new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty with Russia. Established a new "U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue". Announced new policy steps towards Cuba. HEALTH CARE "I suffer no illusions that this will be an easy process. It will be hard. But I also know that nearly a century after Teddy Roosevelt first called for reform, the cost of our health care has weighed down our economy and the conscience of our nation long enough. So let there be no doubt: health care reform cannot wait, it must not wait, and it will not wait another year." – President Barack Obama, February 24, 2009 Progress The President signed the Children’s Health Insurance Reauthorization Act on February 4, 2009, which provides quality health care to 11 million kids – 4 million who were previously uninsured. The President’s American Recovery and Reinvestment Act protects health coverage for 7 million Americans who lose their jobs through a 65 percent COBRA subsidy to make coverage affordable. The Recovery Act also invests $19 billion in computerized medical records that will help to reduce costs and improve quality while ensuring patients’ privacy. The Recovery Act also provides: $1 billion for prevention and wellness to improve America’s health and help to reduce health care costs; $1.1 billion for research to give doctors tools to make the best treatment decisions for their patients by providing objective information on the relative benefits of treatments; and $500 million for health workforce to help train the next generation of doctors and nurses. TAXES Progress The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act included a broad range of tax cuts aimed at making the tax code more fair and supporting the middle class: 95% of all working families will receive a tax cut 70% of the tax benefits goes to the middle 60% of American workers 2 million families will be lifted out of poverty by the tax cuts in the Recovery Act More than $150 billion in tax cuts will help low-income and vulnerable households during the economic recovery About 1 Million jobs will be created or saved by these tax cuts alone http://obama-truth.blogspot.com/2009/08/… Tuesday, November 6th 2012 at 12:59AM

DAVID JOHNSON BROTHER KNOWLEDGE at THE BOOKS What makes the "disappointment" argument so irritating is that it's simply not true. He's done nearly everything we elect a president to do, and he did it all with little support from the left, and massive obstruction from the right. Is he perfect? No, he's human. Does he deserve some criticism? Of course, but at this point, it really doesn't matter. What does matter is that this president has compiled a STELLAR record given the circumstances under which he took office. If you can look at this list of the president's accomplishments and not be excited, you have a serious problem with perspective. Tuesday, November 6th 2012 at 1:05AM

william bounds stock clerk at target ''OBUMA'' AND ROMNEY ARE BOTH BOUGHT AND PAID FOR WALL STREET PUPPETS,PERIOD.LET'S GET THAT FACT STRAIGHT RIGHT NOW.THE ONLY THING YOU DEMOCRATIC VOTERS ACHIEVED LAST NIGHT IS 4 MORE YEARS OF LIES,AND HYPOCRISIES.''OBUMACARE'' IS THE LOOTING OF MEDICARE BY $716 BILLION $'s.''OBUMA'' DID NOT KILL OSAMA,WHO WAS ALREADY DEAD FOR 11 YEARS NOW FROM KIDNEY LIVER DISEASE.''OBUMANOMICS'' IS THE EXTREME EXTENSION OF ''CLINTONOMICS'' AKA NAFTA,WHICH IS NOW CALL TPP (LOOK THIS UP),AS WELL AS HIS EXTENSION OF BUSH JR's TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH ONLY/TAX INCREASES FOR THE POOR/MIDDLE CLASS ECONOMIC POLICIES.''OBUMA'' ALSO WILL CONTINUE TO WASTE OUR TAXPAYERS $ ON DRONES TO SPY ON US 24/7,365 AS WELL AS KILLER DRONES FOR HIS KILL EVERY USA AND FOREIGN CIVILIAN THAT HE THINKS IS A TERRORIST THAT ARE NOT TERRORIST AT ALL FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC POLICIES.WHAT DO YOU THINK HIS NDAA BILL IS FOR??? IF YOU'RE A POOR OR MIDDLE CLASS VOTER THAT VOTED FOR ''OBUMA'' AGAIN BECAUSE YOU THINK HE IS BLACK AND HE SENDS YOUR JOB OR CAREER OVERSEAS TOO,''BLAME YOURSELF''!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wednesday, November 7th 2012 at 5:05PM

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