Obama tax ideas face long odds ahead of election

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committee	Obama for America | 2012
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campaign	U.S. presidential election, 2012
candidate	Barack Obama (President) President of the United States 2009?Joe Biden (Vice President) Vice President of the United States 2009- or other running mate TBA
affiliation	Democratic Party
headquarters	130 East Randolph Street Chicago, IL 60601
key people	Jim Messina (Campaign Manager) David Axelrod (Communications) Matthew Barzun (Finance Chairman) Julianna Smoot (Deputy Campaign Manager) Jennifer O'Malley Dillon (Deputy Campaign Manager) Ben LaBolt (National Press Secretary) Katie Hogan (Deputy Press Secretary) Rufus Gifford (Finance Director) Elizabeth Lowery (Deputy Finance Director) Jeremy Bird (National Field Director) Marlon Marshall (Deputy National Field Director) Mitch Stewart (Battleground States Director) Elizabeth Jarvis-Shean (Research Director) Harper Reed (CTO) Katherine Archuleta (Political Director)
receipts	86,000,000
slogan	I'm In
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On April 4, 2011, the President of the United States, Barack Obama, formally announced his re-election campaign for 2012. He is expected to be opposed by a candidate from the Republican Party and candidates from other parties, in an election scheduled for Tuesday, November 6, 2012.

The campaign will be based in Chicago, and key members of Obama's successful 2008 campaign such as David Plouffe and David Axelrod will reportedly return. On the day of the announcement, the campaign released a promotional video showing supporters of Obama organizing for the re-election effort. As The Guardian noted, this was the first U.S. presidential re-election campaign to use Twitter and Facebook for promotion.

Early stages

Pre-announcement

After the 2008 presidential election, Obama was inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States. During his presidency, Obama signed two pieces of economic stimulus - the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act in February 2009 and the Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 in December 2010. As President, Obama also signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Dodd?Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, and the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010. Obama signed New START, an arms control treaty with Russia, began to gradually withdraw troops from Iraq, began to increase troops in Afghanistan, and enforced the United Nations-sanctioned no-fly zone over Libya. On May 1, 2011, President Obama announced that a small team of American military forces, acting on his direct order, killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. Following the 2010 Midterm Elections there was a lot of speculation about the details of the President's reelection campaign. There were many who speculated that his campaign would raise more than one billion U.S. dollars.

Announcement

On April 4, 2011, President Obama officially announced his candidacy for re-election. If re-elected, it would be his second and, due to the 22nd amendment to the U.S. Constitution, his final term. The announcement was made via an online video titled "It Begins With Us", posted on his campaign website . The President also filled out official forms with the FEC on April 4.

Headquarters

The campaign will be based in Chicago in One Prudential Plaza. The decision to create the campaign headquarters in Chicago instead of Washington, D.C. is a historic move. No modern incumbent president has based his re-election headquarters in a location outside of Washington. The decision to base the campaign outside of Washington was mainly to build up grassroots support.

Campaign staff and policy team

Many key people from the successful 2008 campaign are expected to return. David Axelrod, who was in charge of Media in 2008 and who worked in the White House as a Senior Advisor to the President from 2009 until 2011, returned to Chicago to work on the campaign as the top communications official. Jim Messina, who worked in the White House as Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations from 2009 until 2011, moved to Chicago to serve as campaign manager. Matthew Barzun, the United States Ambassador to Sweden, will serve as finance chairman. Jennifer O'Malley Dillon, who worked at the Democratic National Committee as an executive director, was named deputy campaign manager. The other deputy campaign manager is Julianna Smoot, who was the 2008 finance director and was briefly the White House Social Secretary. Ben LaBolt will serve as national press secretary. LaBolt worked for Sherrod Brown's 2006 Senate campaign, worked as Obama's senate press secretary, worked for the 2008 campaign, worked as a deputy White House Press Secretary, and currently works for Mayor of Chicago Rahm Emanuel, Katie Hogan, who worked on the 2008 campaign, will serve as deputy press secretary. Rahm Emanunel is expected to play a role in the campaign. Emanuel served as White House Chief of Staff from January 2009 until October 2010 and worked on President Bill Clinton's successful 1992 and 1996 campaigns. Rufus Gifford will serve as Finance Director, Elizabeth Lowery will serve as Deputy Finance Director, Jeremy Bird will serve as National Field Director, Marlon Marshall will serve as Deputy National Field Director, Mitch Stewart will serve as battleground state Director, and Elizabeth Jarvis-Shean will serve as Research Director. Katherine Archuleta was named political director.

Fundraising

The campaign began accepting online donations on April 4, 2011, the day Obama announced his candidacy. In the first 24 hours after online donations began to be accepted, over 23,000 online donations of $200 or less were made. President Obama headlined his first campaign fundraiser in April 2011 in Chicago. He also headlined fundraisers in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York in April 2011. On April 29, 2011, it was announced that Matthew Barzun, the United States Ambassador to Sweden, would serve as finance chairman. Many sources claim that the campaign may be the first campaign in U.S. history to raise more than one billion dollars. In March 2011, Campaign Chairman Jim Messina asked a group of 450 top donors to raise $350,000. The LGBT community has donated a record amount so far to the campaign. During the second fundraising quarter of 2011 (the first of the campaign), the campaign raised a record amount of $86,000,000. More than 550,000 individuals donated towards the campaign in the second quarter of 2011, which is a much larger number than the 180,000 individuals who donated to Obama's 2008 campaign during the first half of 2007.

Public perception

Opinion polling

An August 2011 Rasmussen poll found that in a hypothetical race between President Obama and a generic Republican, 48% backed the generic Republican and 40% backed the President. In a March 2011 Pew poll, Obama held an advantage of 47% to 37%, similar to the lead that former President George W. Bush held over an unnamed Democrat in 2003 and larger than the lead former President Bill Clinton held over an unnamed Republican in 1995.

Endorsements

See also

• Democratic Party (United States) presidential candidates, 2012
• 2012 Democratic National Convention
• Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2008

• References

  External links

• Obama for America, official campaign site

• Obama, Barack 2012 Barack Obama Category:Barack Obama

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Source: http://article.wn.com/view/2012/01/25/Obama_tax_ideas_face_long_odds_ahead_of_election_r/

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