Arizona: Obamas

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

Apparently the Obama advance team can't find Tucson or even Southern Arizona on a map. President Obama will visit Phoenix for a third time this year on August 16, as well as the Grand Canyon. Obama's 3rd Ariz. visit part of Western swing:

President Barack Obama will return to Arizona this month for the third time since taking office, underlining once more the significance the White House puts on a state he lost in the 2008 election but hopes to pick up in 2012.

Obama, first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha plan to spend the day in Arizona on Aug.

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Here is a snapshot of the Drudge Report listing the new promises as outlined in President Obama’s speech tonight.

The big question in all of this is can he deliver?

I was also under the impression that the new administration was going to de-militarize? Did I misunderstand or is this President attempting to duplicate what Ronald Reagan did with the 600-ship fleet?

Now I know that the finest researchers have been working on a cure for cancer for decades so what makes President believe that a cure can be found within the next few years?

More money for the banks? Who would have imagined!

Universal education through college? Maybe I’ll finally be able to go to law school?

Universal health care? Here comes 1993 all over again!

President Barack Obama laid out his plan to staunch the bleeding in the nation’s housing market through incentives for borrowers and lenders to return to the bargaining table to avoid foreclosures during a speech Wednesday at Dobson High School in Mesa.

Obama insisted he is not proposing a bailout of irresponsible lenders, borrowers or real estate speculators. Rather, he is attempting to stabilize the housing market by allowing responsible homeowners to revamp the terms of their mortgages so they can make their payments and avoid foreclosure, he said.

The plan will directly benefit between 7 million and 9 million homeowners by allowing them to restructure their mortgages to avoid foreclosure, according to the president.