Obama 'confident' about immigration reform in a second term![]() Davenport, Iowa (CNN) – New details of President Barack Obama's plans for a second term were given in an off-the-record interview with the Des Moines Register Tuesday but made public only after the paper protested that leaving it private would be a disservice to Iowa voters. The interview was conducted Tuesday but made public Wednesday after the Obama campaign gave permission to the paper releasing them from their off-the-record agreement. Obama ready for 'all-nighter'![]() (CNN) – It's the kind of feverish schedule that is usually reserved for the final days of a presidential campaign: a two-day coast-to-coast swing that includes stops in eight states, multiple television interviews, and a redeye flight on Air Force One. But President Obama isn't waiting for the last weekend of the campaign to up his pace to an all out sprint, a likely reflection of just how close he and his aides believe this race now stands with just under two weeks until Election Day. "This is the first stop on our 48-hour fly around, campaign marathon extravaganza," a smiling Obama told supporters at his first stop in Davenport Iowa earlier Wednesday. Fall campaignPresident Obama's first stop of his multi-swing tour came in Davenport, Iowa Wednesday morning. Obama camp allows 'off-the-record' interview to go public(CNN) – President Barack Obama's campaign agreed Wednesday to allow the Des Moines Register in Iowa to publish an interview with the president that was previously established as off-the-record. A transcript of the interview was posted the morning after the newspaper's editor wrote in a blistering blog post Tuesday that representatives for Obama refused an on-the-record conversation with the newspaper's editorial board, which is preparing to endorse a candidate for president in the coming days. POTUS' Day Ahead: Campaign blitz begins![]() President Obama kicks off a multi-state around-the-clock campaign tour Wednesday. The two-day swing will take the president to Iowa, Colorado, California, Nevada, Florida, Illinois, and Ohio. Full schedule after the jump: |
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