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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...unscheduled stop of the day, less than an hour after Dunham's death had been announced, Obama popped into his campaign office in Charlotte and made a few phone calls to uncommitted voters. He did not mention his grandmother to the campaign volunteers there, who were stunned and thrilled at his arrival. But his upbeat mood suddenly changed in the middle of one of the telephone calls, when the voter to whom he was talking brought up the subject of home health care for the elderly...
...like a big bright ray of sunlight and hope. Filmmakers and artists always thrive during more liberal times. The F.D.R. era gave us Frank Capra and Preston Sturges. Will Rogers - humor, politics, populism - was the No. 1 box-office star two or three years in a row. Not to mention The Grapes of Wrath and Woody Guthrie. We'll need that kind of art during the very difficult economic times ahead of us. I am truly looking forward to an age of enlightenment...
Granted, that's a tough task considering that the ongoing economic crisis - not to mention the two unending wars - will dominate the national agenda. Certain green issues, like energy, are tied into the downturn and will naturally be addressed. (Indeed, Sen. Obama - who has pledged to spend $150 billion on clean energy - has said the issue would be the first on his to-do list.) But Tercek believes the key for the new President will lie in persuading Americans that the environment is not a partisan issue...
...Since leaving Harvard, Obama has made little mention of his alma mater, something that his constitutional law professor, Laurence H. Tribe ’62, said was a consummate politician realizing that “it could be off-putting for him to underscore the elite institutions that helped propel him on his path...
...mention Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin in the same sentence is an insult,” Prabhakar said. “They don’t agree on equal pay, choice, or healthcare. There are no common positions that they share that will help lower-class women in America...