VIDEO: Obamas release odd tape about first date

Made comments to promote competition to win a dinner with Barack Obama
Michelle Obama: ‘He showed all the sides – he was hip, cutting edge, cultural, sensitive’

At the end of the clip, Mr Obama grins, looks at the camera and says ‘Take tips gentleman’ before winking

Dating can be a nerve-wracking occasion for any new couple, but it seems the President of the United States managed to impress the First Lady from [...]

YOU CAN PICK NEXT OBAMA CELEB DINNER!

Hard on the heels of the wildly successful online lotteries that allowed ordinary Obama backers to win the opportunity to dine with the chief executive and George Clooney at his Laurel Canyon pad orSarah Jessica Parker and Vogue’s Anna Wintour at the actress’ Manhattan home, the fundraisers have added a new twist to the “Dinner With Barack” series.

This time around, a suggested donation of $3 not only gives you a chance to bring a guest of your choice [...]

Obama Campaign Unleashes Pet Products: ‘I Meow For Michelle’

Some of the stuff the Barack Obama campaign is selling to raise money for the re-election effort is pretty unusual.

They would like you to get your pets involved with the campaign by offering doggie sweaters and “I Meow for Michelle” cat collars.

Even eating and drinking can become campaign events. You can enter raffles to win dinner with Barack. What could increase your desire to drink more than a Joe Biden [...]

The Obama network needs some new friends

From FT:

Hope, change, friends. At a certain point in the past few years, Barack Obama and Facebook began to overlap in people’s minds. Not only did Mr Obama’s 2008 campaign demonstrate Facebook’s potency as an electoral tool, it also hired Chris Hughes – a Facebook co-founder – to do the job.

Mr Hughes is a donor to the Obama 2012 campaign. So too is Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer, who [...]

‘I wanted to show her that I was a culturally sensitive guy’: Obama reveals his first date with Michelle at Chicago gallery

While on the campaign trail, President Obama took a few minutes to talk about dating, and how he wooed Michelle.

‘I took her to the Art Museum at the Art Institute, I was trying to impress her, to show her I was a real cultural guy,’ the president said in a video released by the president’s campaign.

He then added: ‘It worked!’

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Smooth operator: In a recent video released by [...]