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November 7th, 2012
12:10 PM ET
Analysis: Obama's new Democratic majorityWashington (CNN) - If you want to understand the historical magnitude of President Obama's re-election victory, start with this fact: He lost the white vote by 20 points. In 1988, Mike Dukakis lost white voters by 19 points. He was crushed in a 40-state landslide. Obama's victory is a testament to a changing America. The president won a second term in the face of a weak economy by reassembling the bulk of his 2008 coalition: Hispanics, African-Americans, younger voters and single women. Mitt Romney's support was older, whiter, and more Protestant than the president's - a faded shadow of a time gone by. It also bore a striking resemblance to Sen. John McCain's coalition four years ago. 
May 18th, 2012
06:18 PM ET
Obama hosts G8, NATO leadersWashington (CNN) - U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders are set to address a host of pressing economic and military security issues this weekend as the United States hosts a high stakes Group of Eight summit outside Washington and a NATO summit in Obama's adopted hometown of Chicago. A user's guide to the Chicago NATO summit The three-day diplomatic marathon kicked off Friday morning with remarks by Obama on the rising concern over global food security. Obama outlined a new international effort to address hunger in Africa and elsewhere, calling it a moral, economic and security imperative. |
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