We are all Democrats, we all believe in civil rights and we all believe in equal rights.
Barack Obama
The Public Record
Barack Obama served as the 44th President of the United States from January 20, 2009, to January 20, 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously represented Illinois in the U.S. Senate from 2005 to 2008 and served in the Illinois State Senate from 1997 to 2004. Obama is known for his signature policies including the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, and his efforts in economic recovery following the 2008 financial crisis. His presidency was marked by significant legislative achievements and a focus on healthcare reform, climate change, and foreign policy initiatives such as the Iran nuclear deal.
The time has come to bridge the growing divide between Main Street and Wall Street.
The American Dream is slipping out of reach for many families whose paychecks aren't meeting the increased costs of their medical bills and tuition payments.
I'll be a president who ends those tax breaks for corporations that are shipping jobs overseas and puts those tax breaks to work here in the United States and puts them in the pockets of working Americans who deserve them.
I'll be a president who ends those tax breaks for corporations that are shipping jobs overseas and puts those tax breaks to work here in the United States and puts them in the pockets of working Americans who deserve them.
I don't wanna pit red America against blue America, I wanna be the President of the UNITED States of America.
That's why, telling the American people what we think they want to hear... just won't do.
The dream that so many generations fought for... feels as if it's slowly slipping away.
We have to make sure that we take it to them, just like they take it to us. I come from Chicago politics. We're accustomed to rough-and-tumble.
We have to make sure that we take it to them just like they take it to us. I come from Chicago politics. We're accustomed to rough and tumble.
I am deeply honored to receive this endorsement and look forward to working with the Culinary Union to organize thousands of Nevadans to bring real change to Washington.
The next ten days mark the beginning of a partnership with the men and women of the Culinary Workers Union to build a movement for change so we can make affordable healthcare available to everyone, lift up the middle class and give the…
We can bring doctors and patients, workers and businesses, Democrats and Republicans together, and we can tell the drug and insurance industry that while they get a seat at the table, they don't get to buy every chair.
Whether we are rich or poor, black or white, Latino or Asian, whether we hail from Iowa or New Hampshire, Nevada, or South Carolina, we are ready to take this country in a fundamentally new direction.
There's something happening when Americans who are young in age and in spirit, who have never participated in politics before, turn out in numbers we have never seen, because they know in their hearts that this time must be different.
But in record numbers, you came out. And you spoke up for change. And with your voices and your votes, you made it clear that at this moment, in this election, there is something happening in America.
Well, first of all, I want to congratulate Senator Clinton on a hard-fought victory here in New Hampshire. She did an outstanding job. Give her a big round of applause.
Nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.
We can stop sending our children to schools with corridors of shame and start putting them on a pathway to success.
In the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.





