Transcript: Time for a return to 2008's "fierce urgency"President Obama gave his final fundraising pitch for this quarter on Friday evening at the historic, seven-bedroom Georgetown home of Dr. James D'Orta, a Washington physician and Democratic Party fundraiser. Sixty guests attended the event, according to a DNC official, paying between $10,000 to $35,800 depending on the level of engagement with the President. Mr. Obama...
Friday, September 30, 2011
President Obama Fundraises At Georgetown Dinner: Everybody Must "Re-Engage"
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Michelle Obama Campaigns In Rhode Island: 2012 Election Will Impact America "For Decades"
Transcript: A decision about competing visions of Nation...Ahead of the midnight FEC quarterly donation deadline for the Obama campaign, First Lady Michelle Obama spoke to about 220 guests at a fundraiser on Friday evening at the Providence, Rhode Island home of former Mayor Joseph R. Paolino Jr. President Obama was simultaneously appearing at a big-ticket event in Georgetown."Make no mistake about it, whether it’s health...
Sam Kass & Cabinet Secretaries Unveil "MiPlato"
¿Qué Hay en su Plato?: A new Spanish-language version of MyPlate, the "most delicious" effort from Lets Move!, says Kass...Video... October is Hispanic Heritage Month, and there was a foodie celebration on the White House campus this afternoon. Senior Policy Advisor for Healthy Food Initiatives Sam Kass joined Secretary of Agriculture Tom...
Obama's First Dinner Contest E-Mail Of The Day: "I Like These Dinners"
Based on President Obama's first e-mail of the day about the Dinner with Barack contest (there were two e-mails by 10:00 AM), it sounds like he and I used to dine together regularly, but since he's become all busy being Commander in Chief and saving the economy and I've been working an extra night job to support my underemployed partner,...
#DinnerWithBarack Tweet Du Jour...
As the contest rockets to its midnight deadline, President Obama sent two e-mails to supporters--"I like these dinners"--and OFA posted a new dinner video. The President and First Lady Obama will both attend fundraisers today. Mrs. Obama is in Maine and Rhode Island; the President will be in Washingt...
Saturday: President Obama Keynotes Human Rights Campaign National Dinner
The President will celebrate the end of DADT with 3,000 guests; will he talk marching shoes?...UPDATE: The post about the President's address is herePresident Obama will speak to more than 3,000 guests in Washington, DC, on Saturday evening at the sold-out annual dinner for the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest LGBT rights organization....
The New "Dinner With Barack" Video
The deadline for entries in the "Dinner with Barack" contest is 11:59 PM ET tonight, and OFA created a new video to woo donations--now down to $3 as the baseline ask. The video was shot during President Obama's luncheon with Campaign volunteers at Ted's Bulletin restaurant in Washington, DC on August 10th, not at the actual dinner with the four supporters who won the first dinner contest sweepstakes, "Dinner with Barack and Joe."...
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Obama Campaign Staffers Fueled By "Bad" Food, Sez Top Official
Perhaps First Lady Obama needs to drop by President Obama's re-election campaign headquarters in Chicago and give some tips on healthy eating and moderation: The overworked staffers are absolutely gorging on lousy food, according to Rufus Gifford, the National Finance Director for Obama for America. Staffers have eaten a year's worth...
Michelle Obama Shops At Target
UPDATE: More details on First Lady's visit is in this postFirst Lady Obama was photographed today shopping at a Target store in Alexandria, Virginia. The shots were taken by AP photographer Charles Dharapak, who regularly covers the White House. Mrs. Obama, "incognito" in sunglasses and a baseball cap with a Nike logo, was snapped standing...
#DinnerWithBarack Tweet Du Jour...And The Winner Selection Process...
Donating does not increase the odds of winning dinner with the President...The selection process for Dinner With Barack is rawther complicated, according to the Official Rules. There's a background and security check, an affidavit and media release that must be signed, and applicable taxes for the prize, which has an assigned retail value...
Friday: First Lady To Maine, Rhode Island For Fundraising Luncheon, Receptions
As deadline looms for quarterly finance reporting, Mrs. Obama attends big-ticket events...First Lady Obama hits the road on Friday, traveling up the Eastern seaboard for one last fundraising push for President Obama's 2012 campaign, ahead of the FEC's midnight deadline for quarterly finance reporting. Mrs. Obama will attend one luncheon and...
White House Sends Let's Move! Delegation To United Nations Health Summit
Dr. Judy Palfrey, Let's Move! Executive Director, blogs about the event...In New York last week, as President Obama addressed the 66th session of the United Nation's General Assembly, First Lady Obama's Let's Move! team was at the UN too. On Sept. 19 and 20th, the UN held its first-ever High Level Meeting on the Prevention and Control of...
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Michelle Obama Sends Two "Dinner With Barack" E-Mails: The President Wants "Fun"
In her first missives about OFA's dinner contest with her husband, First Lady has some advice for winners: "Just relax"...asks for $3 and $10 donations...First Lady Michelle Obama sent her very first e-mails about the Dinner with Barack II contest today, writing that the President wants the dinners to be "fun," and signing her e-mails "Michelle."...
@BarackObama's Dinner Contest Tweet Du Jour
The push is on for Friday's FEC filing deadline...
Bill Yosses Headlines Kickoff Event For Third Annual DC Farm To School Week
The Executive Pastry Chef is the White House ambassador for Oct. 3 celebration of locally sourced school meals and farm-to-table education...October is the first-ever National Farm to School Month, designated by a Resolution passed by the US House of Representatives in November of 2010. In Washington, DC, Oct. 3-7 is DC Farm to School Week,...
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