Who is President Barack Obama and what did he do?

Answer 1

Barack Obama is the current and 44th president of the United States. He was a US senator from Illinois immediately prior to assuming the Presidency. He is a Nobel Peace Prize winner. He became the first African-American President of the United States in 2009 and is running for a second term in office in 2012. For a list of accomplishments he has made in office, see the related question below.

Answer 2

Who is Obama?

Barack Hussein Obama is the 44th President of the United States.

Obama won the 2008 Presidential Election with his running mate Joe Biden.

Until the 2010 mid-term elections, he had the support of majorities in both Houses of Congress.

What does he do?

Barack Obama is a President. To understand what he has done, let us analyze his first 1000 days in office.

How America has improved since this President took office:

• 82 rounds of golf. (on average, once every 12 days)
• Increased the national debt by $4.2 billion per day (on average)
• Lost 2.22 million jobs
• 12 million more Americans are living on food stamps
• Gas prices have risen 80%
  • His Energy Secretary wants to bring gas prices to the levels of Europe (around $9/gal)
  • Decreased all drilling, therefore increasing dependence on foreign oil
• Demonized fracking and limiting the number of eligible permits approved, therefore increasing the cost of natural gas and heating.
• 5 million more Americans are underemployed
• Passed a National Health Care law nicknamed 'Obamacare'
• • Only 34% of all Americans approve of this law, only 52% of Democrats approve (as of October 2011)
  • Being reviewed by the US Supreme Court for Constitutionality on the basis of the individual mandate

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