WASHINGTON — New polls in three critical battleground states provide good news for President Barack Obama, as all three show him leading presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney by statistically significant margins. The new surveys, conducted jointly by Quinnipiac University, CBS News and The New York Times, show Obama leading Romney by six percentage points in […]
Winter Park, Florida (CNN) –- Buoyed by a recent poll indicating a 6-point lead in the crucial swing state of Florida, President Obama addressed an enthusiastic crowd in the Orlando suburb of Winter Park while making a particular birthday request only two days before he turns 51. “Winning Florida wouldn’t be a bad birthday present,” […]
AKRON, OH (WOIO) – President Obama visits Akron Wednesday, August 1. He will speak at the John S. Knight Center at 77 East Mill Street. Estimated time of remarks is 4 p.m., doors will open at 1:30pm. Tickets are required for entry. They were distributed Tuesday at three locations. Before heading to Akron, the President […]
Comedian and actor Chris Rock has a candid interview in the August issue of Details, where he talks about everything from the job Obama is doing to the Trayvon Martin case to Chris Farley’s death. Asked what election-year thoughts he had for the president, Rock responded: I mean, if I want to talk to him, […]
Stop the presses: Jimmie Walker, the actor best known for his role as J.J. Evans on “Good Times,” is not a fan of President Barack Obama. “Barack Obama is more like a Tony Roberts type of guy,” Walker said in an interview with Bill O’Reilly. Walker was stumping for his new book, “Dyn-o-MITE.” “You feel […]
A sad reminder that life is short. The owner of an Akron restaurant where President Obama had breakfast Friday morning died of an apparent heart attack just hours later. 70 year old Josephine “Ann” Harris, (seen below) hugged Obama when he stopped at her family’s restaurant, Ann’s Place, on the second day of his Ohio-Pennsylvania […]
PARMA, OH (WOIO) – President Obama kicked off a two-day “Betting on America” bus tour through Northern Ohio and Western Pennsylvania Thursday. In the Cleveland area, President Obama spoke at James Day Park located at 11828 W. Pleasant Valley Road in Parma, Ohio. Obama exited his tour bus with U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown and former Ohio Gov. Ted […]
PARMA, Ohio – President Barack Obama will be making a campaign stop in Parma as part of a two-day tour to celebrate the Fourth of July. The President will bring his bus tour to James Day Park on Thursday, campaign officials said. Obama is expected to speak about what he has done over the last […]
CNN and Fox News were left with egg on their faces on Thursday, as they got the Supreme Court’s ruling on President Obama’s health care law wrong — and even managed to make Obama initially think his health care law had been partially overturned. The trouble started early for CNN. Congressional correspondent Kate Boulduan read […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The United States Supreme Court upheld President Obama’s health care law Thursday. Here are some CLE hospitals, city officials’ responses: “The Supreme Court’s decision today to uphold the Affordable Care Act will help us to advance our mission of providing care for all, regardless of their ability to pay.” “We […]
WASHINGTON (RNN) – In a surprise move, the Supreme Court voted 5 to 4 that Congress has the right to require Americans to buy health insurance by 2014, a key provision of the Obama Administration’s healthcare reform law. The decision is a re-election victory for President Barack Obama, who has framed the legislation as a signature […]
President Obama was heckled by a reporter during his immigration remarks on Friday. Obama announced that the Department of Homeland Security will stop deportations and grant work permits for students who meet certain requirements. The policy change will apply to those who arrived in the U.S. before turning 16, who have been in the country […]